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Gender Differences in Parents' Communication With Their Adolescent Children about Sexual Risk and Sex-Positive Topics.

24 September 2019
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Publication Date
13 September 2019

Original Abstract
A healthy sexual self-concept that captures an understanding of the risky and the positive aspects of sexuality is imperative to life-long well-being. Parents have a unique opportunity to instill knowledge of sexual risk as well as confidence and comfort around sexuality in their adolescents. Although parent-child communication about sexual risk is fairly common, less is known regarding the frequency of parent-child communication about sex-positive topics, such as sexual desire and satisfaction. This study examined the frequency of parents' communication with their children about sexual risk and sex-positive topics among a sample of 901 parents of 13-17-year-old adolescents (parent Mage= 40.61; 71% mothers) from across the U.S. Parents reported on sexual communication with their adolescent children (child Mage = 14.68; 50% daughters). We examined gender differences in communication patterns. Few parents communicated with their adolescents about sex-positive topics. Only 38% discussed sexual satisfaction, 38% discussed different types of sexual practices (e.g., oral sex), and 55% discussed sexual desire. Parents communicate more about sexual risk than sex-positive topics with their adolescents and this discrepancy was largest for mothers of daughters. Fathers of daughters communicate the least about sex-positive topics. Implications for intervention development and future research on sexual communication are discussed.

Référence
Evans, R., Widman, L., Kamke, K. and Stewart, J.L. (2019). Gender Differences in Parents' Communication With Their Adolescent Children about Sexual Risk and Sex-Positive Topics. The Journal Of Sex Research. DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2019.1661345.

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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00224499.2019.1661345

consent, sexuaity, teenagers, relation, communication, sex, intimity, parents, family, youth, sexual education

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