The importance of importance: adolescents' perceptions of parental communication about sexuality

Rosenthal, Doreen; Feldman, S. Shirley

doi:10.1006/jado.1999.0279

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“…The task of educating teenagers about sexuality involves not only the sending of accurate information by parents but also the requiring receptivity on the part of the listener and mutual regulation of information flow, as understandings change [21]. Therefore, as much as caretaker-adolescent communication about sexual and reproductive health is important, it is also important how such communication is managed and perceived by the young persons, although probably not much about this topic may be known.…”

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“…As far as young people are concerned, they admit that communication about sexuality between themselves and their parents is important as such communication helps the former to avoid sexual and related health risks, and most are willing to discuss sexual and reproductive health matters with their parents [21]. Those who are in school seem to be more forthcoming to discuss such matters with their parents, while those who are out of school are reported to be less willing to discuss with their parents issues related to sexual and reproductive health [22].…”

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Caretaker-Adolescent Communication on Sexuality and Reproductive Health: My Perceptions Matter; A Qualitative Study on Adolescents’ Perspectives in Unguja-Zanzibar

Seif¹,

Kohi²

2014

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This study was conducted to explore the perceptions of adolescents on caretaker-adolescent communication on sexuality. Using an Information-Motivation-Behavioural Skills model, this article highlights areas to emphasise when planning strategies to improve caretaker-adolescent communication on sexuality. Twelve focus group discussions were held with adolescents aged between 15 and 19 years, and data were analysed using content analysis. The participants found it important for caretakers to communicate with adolescents about sexuality to avoid sexual and related health risks. Caretakers were the most preferred communicators, by adolescents, on sexuality matters. It became apparent that information about the use of condoms was the most unpopular topic during the discussions, while information about the use of contraceptives seemed to be more interesting to the majority of the participants. From the adolescents' point of view, the barriers to communication about sexuality on the caretakers' side, include, the belief that such information might encourage promiscuity; some caretakers do not find it easy to discuss matters related to sexuality with their children; and others feel that some adolescents know more about sexuality than themselves. On the other hand, barriers on adolescents' side include, "fear" of the caretakers, some of whom seem harsh, unfriendly, and sometimes unapproachable. Following the findings, it is being suggested that intervention strategies that would help to alleviate communication barriers would consequently facilitate caretaker-adolescent discussions about sexuality and reproductive health.

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confidence: 99%

Caretaker-Adolescent Communication on Sexuality and Reproductive Health: My Perceptions Matter; A Qualitative Study on Adolescents’ Perspectives in Unguja-Zanzibar

Seif¹,

Kohi²

2014

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“…Good and open family communication can contribute much to this relationship, to the child's development, and its self-esteem [2]. However, adolescence is typically a period in which communication problems between parents and children arise, such as arguments [3] or reluctance to discuss certain topics, for example, sexuality [e.g., 4,5]. These are not the only problems, however; according to Richardson [6], parents and teenagers have quite different views on what needs to be the subject of communication, leading to mismatches in actual and desired communication.…”

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Facilitating parent-teenager communication through interactive photo cubes

Golsteijn

Hoven

2011

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Because most teenagers strive for freedom and try to live autonomously, communication with their parents could be improved. It appeared from a literature review and a diary study that parent-teenager communication primarily addresses teenager-oriented everyday activities. However, it also showed teenagers have a substantial interest in getting to know their parents and their parents' past. The study described in this paper seeks to address this opportunity by designing a product for parents and teenagers that facilitates communication about the past of the parents. The resulting design, called Cueb, is a set of interactive digital photo cubes with which parents and teenagers can explore individual and shared experiences and are triggered to exchange stories. An evaluation of a prototype of Cueb with four families showed that the participants felt significantly more triggered and supported to share their experiences and tell stories with Cueb's full functionality (connecting cubes, switching, and locking photographs) than with limited functionality (shaking to display random photographs), similar to more traditional photo media.

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“…Parents have a key role to play in SRE (Rosenthal et al, 1999;Turnbull et al, 2008), while UK education policy ('guidance') since 2000 has stipulated parental and/or community involvement with the school SRE curriculum (DfES 2001), and that this should reflect the values of the local community and parents -notably not stipulating that the views or values of pupils need to be reflected (Alldred and David, 2007). However, Buston et al (2001: 361) found that very few parents in the schools they surveyed engaged with staff about sex education, even when invited.…”

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Engaging parents with sex and relationship education: A UK primary school case study

Alldred

Fox

Kulpa³

2016

Health Education Journal

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Objective: To assess an intervention to familiarise parents with children's books for use in primary (5 to 11 years) sex and relationship education (SRE) classes.Method: Case study of a seven-week programme in one London primary school, using ethnographic observation, semi-structured interviews and focus groups with parents (n = 7) and key stakeholders (n = 4), and pre-and post-programme selfcompletion questionnaires (n = 9).Results: Parents reported increased understanding of the SRE curriculum and awareness of relevant children's books, enhanced interactions with their children on SRE topics, and some positive effects on partners and attitudes towards the school.There was increased confidence in addressing issues in the SRE curriculum for parents of 8-10 year olds, although reduced confidence for one mother.Conclusions: Familiarising parents with materials has the potential to enhance SRE, by improving coherence between educators' and parents' messages to children about sex and relationships, increased discussion of SRE topics in parent-child conversations and reduced parental anxiety about topics such as sexual orientation.The authors identify future challenges of involving fathers, scalability and sustainability.2

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The importance of importance: adolescents' perceptions of parental communication about sexuality

Cited by 144 publications

References 12 publications

Caretaker-Adolescent Communication on Sexuality and Reproductive Health: My Perceptions Matter; A Qualitative Study on Adolescents’ Perspectives in Unguja-Zanzibar

Caretaker-Adolescent Communication on Sexuality and Reproductive Health: My Perceptions Matter; A Qualitative Study on Adolescents’ Perspectives in Unguja-Zanzibar

Facilitating parent-teenager communication through interactive photo cubes

Engaging parents with sex and relationship education: A UK primary school case study

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