Effect of communication skills based group counseling on mothers’ sex dialogue with their adolescent daughters

Abstract

Background Sex dialogue is one of the most critical and challenging topics between mothers and adolescents. The knowledge and skills of mothers in sex dialogue with their daughters are essential. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of group counseling based on communication skills on mothers through their sex dialogue with their daughters. Methods A randomized controlled field trial was conducted on 168 couples of mothers and their daughters selected by the stratified matching method and randomly divided into two control and intervention groups. The mothers in the intervention group participated in a communication-based consultation in groups consisting of 6-12 people for 6-7 weekly sessions, each one lasting 60 min. The data collection tool was a Persian-translated questionnaire by Jaccard for sex dialogue between mother and daughter. The data were analyzed using Chi-square (χ2), ANOVA with repeated measures and modified post hoc Bonferroni tests. Results There was a significant difference in the mean score of mother-daughter sex dialogue 1 week after intervention between the intervention (34.48 ± 8.74) and control (40.44 ± 9.49) groups (p = 0.001) and 1 month after the intervention between the intervention (30.41 ± 10.07) and control (42.47 ± 9.62) groups (p < 0.001). Conclusion Through applying communication skills, an increase in mother-daughter sex dialogue frequency was observed after group counseling. Therefore, it is suggested to promote mother-daughter communication skills by accessing the mothers via schools, health centers and with the aid of midwifery counselors, midwives and other trained caretakers.

Effect of Sexual Health Education of Mothers on their Comfort and Intention to discuss Sex-related Topics with Adolescent Girls: A Controlled Interventional Study

“…The results indicated that both parents and students considered sex education to be of high importance, and in addition, parents showed a special interest in teaching the basic principles of rights and protection of children and adolescents, as well as health and biological principles (34). Ziaei and Gorji (2018) in their study have shown that the use of interventional counseling program of communication skills and sexual health signi cantly increases the frequency of mother-daughter dialogue on sex compared to the control group (35). The results of a study by Fatehi Pouladi et al in 2019 with the aim of determining the effectiveness of group education on participation, attitude and awareness of mothers in child sex education showed a signi cant difference in knowledge, attitude and participation of mothers after training in the intervention and control groups, indicating that after education, the mothers were more involved in sexual education of the child (36).…”