Exploring Parental Perspectives on Parent-Child Sexual Communication

Ballard, Sharon M.; Gross, Kevin H.

doi:10.1080/15546120902733141

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“…In the classroom, it has been suggested that the comfort and confidence of a teacher to discuss sexual health topics is paramount to successfully educating students on such issues (Ahmed et al, 2006;Haignere, Culhane, Balsley, & Legos, 1996;Hamilton & Gingiss, 1993). Finally, studies examining parent-child communications on sexuality topics have found that comfort (Ballard & Gross, 2009;Jordan, Price, & Fitzgerald, 2000;Miller & Whitaker, 2001;Pluhar, DiIorio, & McCarty, 2008;Thomas, Flaherty, & Binns, 2004), confidence (Ballard & Gross, 2009), skills (Miller & Whitaker, 2001;Pluhar et al, 2008), and knowledge (Jordan et al, 2000;Miller & Whitaker, 2001) are all important components for assessing the success of these interactions. However, information on these issues in youth-serving CBOs is lacking.…”

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Expanding our Reach: The Potential for Youth Development Professionals in Community-Based Organizations to Provide Sexuality Information

Fisher

Reece

Dodge

et al. 2010

American Journal of Sexuality Education

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Adolescents in the United States continue to face sexual health issues. While community-based organizations (CBOs) have a long history of addressing the sexual health needs of those they serve, little attention has been given to CBOs focused on adolescent populations and the role youth development professionals (YDPs) might play in the advancement of sexual health.The purpose of this study was to assess the potential of YDPs to provide sexuality information to youth by 1) determining the frequency and type of questions YDPs receive from youth on sexuality and 2) ascertaining the perceived comfort, confidence, skills, and knowledge of YDPs in answering questions from youth and YDPs Providing Sex Information 37 characteristics that might be predictive of increased levels of perceived comfort, confidence, skills, and knowledge.Utilizing a community-based participatory research process that engaged the researchers with leaders, key stakeholders, and youth development professionals from community-based organizations throughout the state, data were collected from 169 YDP in Indiana. YDPs received questions from youth on a broad array of sexuality-related topics with personal skills and relationships being the most frequent topics. YDPs had high perceived levels of comfort, confidence, skills, and knowledge (CCSK) in addressing questions from youth about sexuality. Training, both formal classroom-type training and more informal practices such as advice-seeking from a professional, was the only factor predictive of higher levels of CCSK.Results indicate that YDPs might play an important role in providing sexuality information to youth. Communities interested in ameliorating disparities among youth might want to consider including CBOs and YDPs in an ecological approach to sexual health education.

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Expanding our Reach: The Potential for Youth Development Professionals in Community-Based Organizations to Provide Sexuality Information

Fisher

Reece

Dodge

et al. 2010

American Journal of Sexuality Education

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“…difficulties in effective discussions about sexuality with their adolescent children (Ballard & Gross, 2009;Gallegos, Villarruel, Gomez, Onofre, & Zhou, 2007).…”

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Parenting-Skills Program for HIV Prevention Among Thai Early Adolescents

Fongkaew

Turale

Meechamnan

2014

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

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“…4 research exploring the parental concerns and anxieties associated with sexuality education at young ages (Ballard and Gross, 2009;Davies and Robinson, 2010;Frankham, 2006;Geasler et al, 1995;Stone et al, 2013;Walker, 2001).…”

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Parental interpretations of “childhood innocence”

McGinn

Stone

Ingham

et al. 2016

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Purpose Despite general recognition of the benefits of talking openly about sexuality with children, parents encounter and/or create barriers to such communication. One of the key barriers is a desire to protect childhood innocence. The purpose of this paper is to explore parental interpretations of childhood innocence and the influence this has on their reported practices relating to sexuality-relevant communication with young children. Design/methodology/approach In all, 110 UK parents and carers of children aged between four and seven years were involved in focus group discussions. The discussions were transcribed and thematic network analysis was subsequently applied to the data. Following the reading and re-reading of the transcripts for meaning, context and content, individual comments and statements were identified within the data set and grouped to generate themes. Findings Childhood innocence was commonly equated with non-sexuality in children and sexual ignorance. Parents displayed ambiguity around the conceptualisation of non-innocence in children. Parents desire to prolong the state of childhood innocence led them to withhold certain sexual knowledge from their children; however, the majority also desired an open relationship whereby their child could approach them for information. Originality/value UK parents have a strong desire to maintain the social construction of their children as inherently innocent. This discourse is affecting the way in which they communicate about sexually relevant information with their children.

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Exploring Parental Perspectives on Parent-Child Sexual Communication

Cited by 40 publications

References 14 publications

Expanding our Reach: The Potential for Youth Development Professionals in Community-Based Organizations to Provide Sexuality Information

Expanding our Reach: The Potential for Youth Development Professionals in Community-Based Organizations to Provide Sexuality Information

Parenting-Skills Program for HIV Prevention Among Thai Early Adolescents

Parental interpretations of “childhood innocence”

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