Mother–Daughter Communication About Sex: The Influence of Authoritative Parenting Style

Askelson, Natoshia M.; Campo, Shelly; Smith, Sandi W.

doi:10.1080/10410236.2011.606526

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“…Current age of the daughter predicted timing of first discussions about sex (Askelson, Campo, & Smith, 2012; Miller et al, 2009b), and sex communication occurs earlier with daughters than with sons (Beckett et al, 2010). Parents are less likely to talk with younger teens about sex (Swain et al, 2006), and they reported discussions to be more challenging with younger rather than older daughters (Coffelt, 2010).…”

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21st Century Parent–Child Sex Communication in the United States: A Process Review

Flores

Barroso

2017

The Journal of Sex Research

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Parent-child sex communication results in the transmission of family expectations, societal values, and role modeling of sexual health risk reduction strategies. Parent-child sex communication’s potential to curb negative sexual health outcomes has sustained a multidisciplinary effort to better understand the process and its impact on the development of healthy sexual attitudes and behaviors among adolescents. This review advances what is known about the process of sex communication in the U.S. by reviewing studies published from 2003 to 2015. We used CINAHL, PsycInfo and Pubmed, the key-terms “parent child” AND “sex education” for the initial query; we included 116 original articles for analysis. Our review underscores long-established factors that prevent parents from effectively broaching and sustaining talks about sex with their children and has also identified emerging concerns unique to today’s parenting landscape. Parental factors salient to sex communication are established long before individuals become parents and are acted upon by influences beyond the home. Child-focused communication factors likewise describe a maturing audience that is far from captive. The identification of both enduring and emerging factors that affect how sex communication occurs will inform subsequent work that will result in more positive sexual health outcomes for adolescents.

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Section: Personmentioning

confidence: 99%

21st Century Parent–Child Sex Communication in the United States: A Process Review

Flores

Barroso

2017

The Journal of Sex Research

221

143

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“…As reported in different studies, parent-child communication about sexuality had a positive effect on delaying sex debut or increasing safer sex practice through condom use (Askelson, Campo, & Smith, 2012) and reducing high-risk behaviors (McBride et al, 2007;Sutton, Lasswell, Lanier, & Miller, 2013). While in China, as similar to many other countries, most parents do not communicate with their children on sexual issues (Romo, Lefkowitz, Sigman, & Au, 2002), especially in rural areas where discussion of sex is considered taboo.…”

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Knowledge and perceptions of sexual and reproductive health and HIV among perinatally HIV-infected adolescents in rural China

Zhao

Khoshnood

et al. 2015

AIDS Care

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Due to the success of highly active antiretroviral therapy, more children infected with HIV perinatally are living to adolescence. This brings new challenges on sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs and psychosocial support specific to adolescents. To improve such efforts on long-term care of this vulnerable population, we assessed SRH and HIV knowledge and perceptions among perinatally HIV-infected adolescents (PHIVA). This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted between July and September 2013 in a rural HIV clinic. A structured questionnaire focusing on SRH and HIV was administered to 124 PHIVA attending quarterly medical visit. Multivariable logistic regression was used to detect associated factors with knowledge acquisition. Among participants, 79% had never discussed puberty development or sexuality with parents. Over 50% had never heard of condoms and 20% reported not having any informational source of SRH and HIV knowledge. Only 5% correctly answered all questions regarding HIV knowledge and pregnancy, with 18% correctly answered questions regarding contraception. Adolescents older than age of 15 and who had been disclosed of HIV status were more likely to acquire correct knowledge of SRH and HIV. Most PHIVA did not report having access to comprehensive information on SRH and HIV, in part because of the early death of caretakers or unfavorable family status. Further integration of SRH services with HIV treatment programs is needed to provide comprehensive care for adolescents and prepare them for the transition to adult care.

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“…Some studies focused on several specific topics, such as contraception, family planning, and abortion to explore participants' perspectives using qualitative approaches, mainly in Western countries (Akers et al , ; Sisco et al , ). Other studies applied surveys to describe factors associated with communication about specific sexual topics, such as abstinence, puberty, reproduction, birth, STI, dating and relationships (Wilson & Koo, ; Askelson et al , ).…”

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Consequence‐based communication about adolescent romantic experience between parents and adolescents: A qualitative study underpinned by social constructionism

Liu

Fuller

Hutton

et al. 2017

Nursing & Health Sciences

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Chinese adolescents are increasingly engaging in romantic experiences and high-risk sexual behaviors within a rapidly-changing cultural and socio-economic context. Parental communication about sexuality has been recognized as protective for adolescents to make informed decisions about sexual practice. In this study, we explored what was discussed about adolescent romantic experience between parents and adolescents in China. Twenty-seven parents and 38 adolescents from a northern-eastern city of China were interviewed. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and thematically analyzed using a social constructionism framework. Four themes were identified: (i) detriments of romantic experience to education and future prospect; (ii) health and sociocultural risks of romantic and sexual engagement; (iii) ways of handling romantic experience; and (iv) marriage and family building. The messages were mainly prohibitive and consequence oriented in nature, and lacked specific romantic and sexual information. These messages reflected sociocultural beliefs in education, sexuality, marriage, and family in China, but did not meet the needs of current adolescents. External support from health professionals, such as nurses, is important for parents and adolescents to improve their sexual knowledge and communication skills.

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Mother–Daughter Communication About Sex: The Influence of Authoritative Parenting Style

Cited by 34 publications

References 41 publications

21st Century Parent–Child Sex Communication in the United States: A Process Review

21st Century Parent–Child Sex Communication in the United States: A Process Review

Knowledge and perceptions of sexual and reproductive health and HIV among perinatally HIV-infected adolescents in rural China

Consequence‐based communication about adolescent romantic experience between parents and adolescents: A qualitative study underpinned by social constructionism

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