Sexuality Education of Young Children: Parental Concerns

Geasler, Margie J.; Dannison, Linda L.; Edlund, Connie J.

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“…Many individual responses communicated perceived potential for risks or harms to minor children through participation. One prevalent implied form of risk is shared with the literature on parent-child sexual communication, in that parents believed that mentioning sex to children will be interpreted as tacit consent to engage in sexual activity and will encourage precocious involvement in undesirable sexuallyrisky behaviors (Geasler et al 1995;Wilson et al 2010). This concern was typically framed in terms of the child's being too immature to assent to participation, with some limited elaboration provided about specific reservations linked to the child's developmental readiness or the presence of some form of intellectual disability (Szollos and McCabe 1995;Wilson et al 2010).…”

Section: Parental Reasons For Granting or Denying Consent For Adolescmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…Further illustrating these pathways, in a simulation study linking the degree to which parents' recall information from informed consent documents to their eventual consent decision, parents who declined cited a greater number of points about potential study risks than benefits, while parents who consented evidenced the opposite pattern (Boccia et al 2009). Adults who choose to participate in health-oriented research view such studies as low-risk endeavors (Peel et al 2006); yet, parents of teenagers may view sexual subject matter as being higherrisk in nature than general health issues, and have reservations about personal discomfort or potential harm to the adolescent's healthy development (e.g., that reading and responding to survey questions may inspire them to engage in precocious sexual behaviors; Geasler et al 1995). Other research indicates that, when making decisions affecting their adolescent children, parents are more likely to make risk-averse choices than they would for themselves (Dore et al 2014).…”

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Why Do Parents Grant or Deny Consent for Adolescent Participation in Sexuality Research?

Moilanen

2016

J Youth Adolescence

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To date, there is limited knowledge about how parents make decisions about adolescents' participation in sexuality research. This gap was addressed in the present study, which explored parents' reasons for providing or denying consent and their suggestions for improving the likelihood of consent. 151 parents responded through anonymous internet surveys (85.3 % mothers; 87 % European American). Those who would likely consent were largely motivated by potential benefits and limited risks of participating in the study. Those unlikely to consent expressed discomfort with sexual content, which they viewed as inappropriate for sexually-naïve adolescents. Most were somewhat more likely to consent if researchers engaged in ethical research practices (e.g., protecting confidentiality). As in other adolescent life domains, parents' decisions strongly reflected their desire to protect their teenagers' wellbeing, though respondents' means of pursuing this goal varied. The discussion centers on the findings' implications for theory development and recruitment efforts.

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Section: Parental Reasons For Granting or Denying Consent For Adolescmentioning

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Why Do Parents Grant or Deny Consent for Adolescent Participation in Sexuality Research?

Moilanen

2016

J Youth Adolescence

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“…Parents in the U.S. have a particularly difficult time talking to their children, including adolescents, about sexuality (Burgess et al 2005;Geasler et al 1995;Guilamo-Ramos et al 2008;Frankham 2006). This is especially true when compared with parents of adolescents in some European countries (Schalet 2004(Schalet , 2000.…”

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Gender Differences in the ABC’s of the Birds and the Bees: What Mothers Teach Young Children About Sexuality and Reproduction

Martin

Luke

2010

Sex Roles

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Sexuality education is heavily gendered at adolescence. This study uses data from a national web survey of 631 U.S. mothers of 3 to 6 year old children to test whether similar gender differences exist in what mothers teach their young children about sexuality and reproduction. We test (a) whether mothers will report talking more with daughters or sons about sexuality related issues, and (b) whether mothers will report greater comfort talking about such issues with daughters or sons. We find (a) that mothers talk more to daughters than sons about romantic relationships, reproductive bodies, and morality, but not about sexual abuse or intercourse/pleasure. We find (b) mixed results regarding mothers' comfort in talking with daughters or sons about sexuality.

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“…A rather large number of studies on parent-child communication about sex has emerged in the last several decades, with the preponderance of those studies having focused on the prevention of child sexual abuse (e.g., Burgess & Wurtele, 1998;Geasler, Dannison, & Edlund, 1995;Thomas, Flaherty, & Binns, 2004), unintended pregnancies (e.g., Driscoll, Biggs, Brindis, & Yankah, 2001;Holcombe, Carrier, Manlove, & Ryan, 2008;Hull, Hennessy, Bleakley, Fishbein, & Jordan, 2011), and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), particularly HIV/AIDS (e.g., Eisenberg, Sieving, Bearinger, Swain, & Resnick, 2006;Lefkowitz, Romo, Corona, Au, & Sigman, 2000;Stulhofer, Soh, Jelaska, Bacak, & Landripet, 2011).…”

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Parental Influence on Their Adult Children’s Sexual Values: A Multi-National Comparison Between the United States, Spain, Costa Rica, and Peru

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We examined the influence of perceived parental sexual values, religiosity, and family environment on young adults' sexual values from the United States (n = 218), Spain (n = 240), Costa Rica (n = 172), and Peru (n = 105). On average, and across the four national groups, the messages young adults received from their parents about broad domains of sexual behaviors (masturbation, non-intercourse types of heterosexual sexual activity, premarital sex, same-sex activity, and cohabiting) were unequivocally restrictive. By contrast, across the four groups, young adults on average held rather permissive sexual values and their values differed significantly from those of their parents. Moreover, the nature of perceived parental sexual values (restrictive vs. permissive) was not associated significantly with young adults' sexual values, age of sexual debut, or number of sexual partners. Comparatively, Spanish young adults held the most permissive sexual values, whereas US young adults held the most restrictive sexual values. Religiosity was the strongest predictor of young adults' sexual values, followed by perceived parental sexual values and influence. In conclusion, it appears that despite having perceived restrictive parental messages about sex, these young adults currently hold permissive sexual attitudes, thus calling into question the influence parents actually have on their adult children's sexual values.

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Sexuality Education of Young Children: Parental Concerns

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Why Do Parents Grant or Deny Consent for Adolescent Participation in Sexuality Research?

Why Do Parents Grant or Deny Consent for Adolescent Participation in Sexuality Research?

Gender Differences in the ABC’s of the Birds and the Bees: What Mothers Teach Young Children About Sexuality and Reproduction

Parental Influence on Their Adult Children’s Sexual Values: A Multi-National Comparison Between the United States, Spain, Costa Rica, and Peru

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