Publication Cover
Sex Education
Sexuality, Society and Learning
Volume 24, 2024 - Issue 3
278
Views
1
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

Profiles of parent–child sex communication as a function of timing, frequency and quality

, &
Pages 385-401 | Received 23 Nov 2022, Accepted 24 Apr 2023, Published online: 09 May 2023

References

  • Aspy, C. B., S. K. Vesely, R. F. Oman, S. Rodine, L. Marshall, and K. McLeroy. 2007. “Parental Communication and Youth Sexual Behaviour.” Journal of Adolescence 30 (3): 449–466. doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2006.04.007.
  • A. Chia‐chen Chen, and E. Adams Thompson. 2007. “Family‐centered Care: Preventing Adolescent Risky Sexual Behavior: Parents Matter!” Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing 12 (2): 119–122. doi:10.1111/j.1744-6155.2007.00101.x.
  • Atienzo, E. E., D. M. Walker, L. Campero, H. Lamadrid-Figueroa, and J. Pablo Gutiérrez. 2009. “Parent-Adolescent Communication About Sex in Morelos, Mexico: Does It Impact Sexual Behaviour?” The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care 14 (2): 111–119. doi:10.1080/13625180802691848.
  • Barber, B. 1996. “Parental Psychological Control: Revisiting a Neglected Construct.” Child Development 67 (6): 3296–3319. doi:10.2307/1131780.
  • Beckett, M. K., M. N. Elliott, S. Martino, D. E. Kanouse, R. Corona, D. J. Klein, and M. A. Schuster. 2010. “Timing of Parent and Child Communication About Sexuality Relative to Children’s Sexual Behaviors.” Pediatrics 125 (1): 34–42. doi:10.1542/peds.2009-0806.
  • Boone, T. L., and E. S. Lefkowitz. 2007. “Mother-Adolescent Health Communication: Are All Conversations Created Equally?” Journal of Youth and Adolescence 36 (8): 1038–1047. doi:10.1007/s10964-006-9138-2.
  • Butts, S. A., A. Kayukwa, J. Langlie, V. J. Rodriguez, M. L. Alcaide, N. Chitalu, S. M. Weiss, and D. L. Jones. 2018. “HIV Knowledge and Risk Among Zambian Adolescent and Younger Adolescent Girls: Challenges and Solutions.” Sex Education 18 (1): 1–13. doi:10.1080/14681811.2017.1370368.
  • Cederbaum, J. A., and M. Katherine Hutchinson. 2016. “Parent–Child Communication About Abstinence and Safer Sex in Parochial School Families.” Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services 15 (1): 48–68. doi:10.1080/15381501.2014.973135.
  • Chan, S. M., and K.W. Chan. 2013. “Adolescents’ Susceptibility to Peer Pressure: Relations to Parent–Adolescent Relationship and Adolescents’ Emotional Autonomy from Parents.” Youth & Society 45 (2): 286–302. doi:10.1177/0044118X11417733.
  • Charlotte, J., and E. J. Mash. 1989. “A Measure of Parenting Satisfaction and Efficacy.” Journal of Clinical Child Psychology 18 (2): 167–175. doi:10.1207/s15374424jccp1802_8.
  • Clawson, C. L., and M. Reese‐Weber. 2003. “The Amount and Timing of Parent‐adolescent Sexual Communication as Predictors of Late Adolescent Sexual Risk‐taking Behaviors.” Journal of Sex Research 40 (3): 256–265. doi:10.1080/00224490309552190.
  • Coakley, T. M., S. Randolph, J. Shears, E. R. Beamon, P. Collins, and T. Sides. 2017. “Parent–Youth Communication to Reduce At-Risk Sexual Behavior: A Systematic Literature Review.” Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment 27 (6): 609–624. doi:10.1080/10911359.2017.1313149.
  • Coley, R. L., B. L. Medeiros, and H. S. Schindler. 2008. “Using Sibling Differences to Estimate Effects of Parenting on Adolescent Sexual Risk Behaviors.” Journal of Adolescent Health 43 (2): 133–140. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.12.012.
  • Corneille, M. A., R. H. Tademy, M. C. Reid, F. Z. Belrave, and A. Nasim. 2008. “Sexual Safety and Risk Taking Among African American Men Who Have Sex with Women: A Qualitative Study.” Psychology of Men & Masculinity 9 (4): 207. doi:10.1037/a0012768.
  • Crichton, J., L. Ibisomi, and S. Obeng Gyimah. 2012. “Mother–Daughter Communication About Sexual Maturation, Abstinence and Unintended Pregnancy: Experiences from an Informal Settlement in Nairobi, Kenya.” Journal of Adolescence 35 (1): 21–30. doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.06.008.
  • de Bongardt, V., H. D. G. Daphne, E. Reitz, and M. Deković. 2014. “Parents as Moderators of Longitudinal Associations Between Sexual Peer Norms and Dutch Adolescents’ Sexual Initiation and Intention.” Journal of Adolescent Health 55 (3): 388–393. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2014.02.017.
  • de Grraaf, H., I. Vanwesenbeeck, L. Woertman, and W. Meeus. 2011. “Parenting and Adolescents’ Sexual Development in Western Societies: A Literature Review.” European Psychologist 16 (1): 21–31. doi:10.1027/1016-9040/a000031.
  • Deptula, D. P., D. B. Henry, and M. E. Schoeny. 2010. “How Can Parents Make a Difference? Longitudinal Associations with Adolescent Sexual Behavior.” Journal of Family Psychology 24 (6): 731. doi:10.1037/a0021760.
  • Flores, D., and J. Barroso. 2017. “21st Century Parent–Child Sex Communication in the United States: A Process Review.” Journal of Sex Research 54 (4–5): 532–548. doi:10.1080/00224499.2016.1267693.
  • Guilamo-Ramos, V., J. Jaccard, P. Dittus, B. Gonzalez, and A. Bouris. 2008. “A Conceptual Framework for the Analysis of Risk and Problem Behaviors: The Case of Adolescent Sexual Behavior.” Social Work Research 32 (1): 29–45. doi:10.1093/swr/32.1.29.
  • Guzmán, B. L., M. M. Schlehofer-Sutton, C. M. Villanueva, M. Ellen Dello Stritto, B. J. Casad, and A. Feria. 2003. “Let’s Talk About Sex: How Comfortable Discussions About Sex Impact Teen Sexual Behavior.” Journal of Health Communication 8 (6): 583–598. doi:10.1080/716100416.
  • Harris, A. L., M. A. Sutherland, and M. Katherine Hutchinson. 2013. “Parental Influences of Sexual Risk Among Urban African American Adolescent Males.” Journal of Nursing Scholarship 45 (2): 141–150. doi:10.1111/jnu.12016.
  • Heywood, W., K. Patrick, M. Pitts, and A. Mitchell. 2016. ““Dude, I’m Seventeen … It’s Okay Not to Have Sex by This Age”: Feelings, Reasons, Pressures, and Intentions Reported by Adolescents Who Have Not Had Sexual Intercourse.” Journal of Sex Research 53 (9): 1207–1214.
  • Holman, A., and J. Koenig Kellas. 2015. “High School Adolescents’ Perceptions of the Parent–Child Sex Talk: How Communication, Relational, and Family Factors Relate to Sexual Health.” The Southern Communication Journal 80 (5): 388–403. doi:10.1080/1041794X.2015.1081976.
  • Hutchinson, M. K., and J. M. Arlene. 2007. “Parent Communication and Sexual Risk Among African Americans.” Western Journal of Nursing Research 29 (6): 691–707. doi:10.1177/0193945906297374.
  • Jaccard, J., T. Dodge, and P. Dittus. 2002. “Parent‐adolescent Communication About Sex and Birth Control: A Conceptual Framework.” New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development 97: 9–42. doi:10.1002/cd.48.
  • Kerpelman, J. L., A. D. McElwain, J. F. Pittman, and F. M. Adler-Baeder. 2016. “Engagement in Risky Sexual Behavior: Adolescents’ Perceptions of Self and the Parent–Child Relationship Matter.” Youth & Society 48 (1): 101–125. doi:10.1177/0044118X13479614.
  • Kocayörük, E., E. Altıntas, and M. Ali İ̇̇çbay. 2015. “The Perceived Parental Support, Autonomous-Self and Well-Being of Adolescents: A Cluster-Analysis Approach.” Journal of Child and Family Studies 24 (6): 1819–1828. doi:10.1007/s10826-014-9985-5.
  • Lanza, H. I., D. Y. Huang, A. M. Debra, and Y.I. Hser. 2013. “A Latent Class Analysis of Maternal Responsiveness and Autonomy-Granting in Early Adolescence: Prediction to Later Adolescent Sexual Risk-Taking.” The Journal of Early Adolescence 33 (3): 404–428. doi:10.1177/0272431612445794.
  • Lefkowitz, E. S., M. Sigman, and T. Kit‐fong Au. 2000. “Helping Mothers Discuss Sexuality and AIDS with Adolescents.” Child Development 71 (5): 1383–1394. doi:10.1111/1467-8624.00234.
  • Looze, D., N. A. C. Margaretha, P. Jerman, E. Vermeulen-Smit, and T. Ter Bogt. 2015. “Parent–Adolescent Sexual Communication and Its Association with Adolescent Sexual Behaviors: A Nationally Representative Analysis in the Netherlands.” Journal of Sex Research 52 (3): 257–268. doi:10.1080/00224499.2013.858307.
  • McWayne, C. M., J. S. Mattis, and S. Hyun. 2018. “Profiles of Culturally Salient Positive Parenting Practices Among Urban-Residing Black Head Start Families.” Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology 24 (3): 414. doi:10.1037/cdp0000164.
  • Morawska, A., A. Walsh, M. Grabski, and R. Fletcher. 2015. “Parental Confidence and Preferences for Communicating with Their Child About Sexuality.” Sex Education 15 (3): 235–248. doi:10.1080/14681811.2014.996213.
  • Norton, M. K., M. V. Smith, U. Magriples, and T. S. Kershaw. 2016. “Masculine Ideology, Sexual Communication, and Sexual Self‐efficacy Among Parenting Adolescent Couples.” American Journal of Community Psychology 58 (1–2): 27–35. doi:10.1002/ajcp.12078.
  • Overbeek, G., D. van de Bongardt, and L. Baams. 2018. “Buffer or Brake? The Role of Sexuality-Specific Parenting in Adolescents’ Sexualized Media Consumption and Sexual Development.” Journal of Youth and Adolescence 47 (7): 1427–1439. doi:10.1007/s10964-018-0828-3.
  • Padilla-Walker, L. M. 2018. “Longitudinal Change in Parent-Adolescent Communication About Sexuality.” Journal of Adolescent Health 63 (6): 753–758. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2018.06.031.
  • Padilla-Walker, L., M. Adam, A. Rogers, and D. M. Ryan. 2020. “Is There More Than One Way to Talk About Sex? A Longitudinal Growth Mixture Model of Parent–Adolescent Sex Communication.” Journal of Adolescent Health 67 (6): 851–858. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.04.031.
  • Padilla-Walker, L. M., S. M. Coyne, S. L. Kroff, and M. K. Memmott-Elison. 2018. “The Protective Role of Parental Media Monitoring Style from Early to Late Adolescence.” Journal of Youth and Adolescence 47 (2): 445–459. doi:10.1007/s10964-017-0722-4.
  • Padilla-Walker, L. M., and D. Son. 2019. “Longitudinal Associations Among Routine Disclosure, the Parent–Child Relationship, and Adolescents’ Prosocial and Delinquent Behaviors.” Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 36 (6): 1853–1871. doi:10.1177/0265407518773900.
  • Padilla-Walker, L. M., D. Son, and L. J. Nelson. 2021. “Profiles of Helicopter Parenting, Parental Warmth, and Psychological Control During Emerging Adulthood.” Emerging Adulthood 9 (2): 132–144. doi:10.1177/2167696818823626.
  • Pariera, K. L. 2016. “Barriers and Prompts to Parent-Child Sexual Communication.” Journal of Family Communication 16 (3): 277–283. doi:10.1080/15267431.2016.1181068.
  • Regnerus, M. D. 2005. “Talking About Sex: Religion and Patterns of Parent–Child Communication About Sex and Contraception.” The Sociological Quarterly 46 (1): 79–105. doi:10.1111/j.1533-8525.2005.00005.x.
  • Robinson, C. C., B. Mandleco, S. Frost Olsen, and C. H. Hart. 1995. “Authoritative, Authoritarian, and Permissive Parenting Practices: Development of a New Measure.” Psychological Reports 77 (3): 819–830. doi:10.2466/pr0.1995.77.3.819.
  • Rogers, A. A. 2017. “Parent–Adolescent Sexual Communication and Adolescents’ Sexual Behaviors: A Conceptual Model and Systematic Review.” Adolescent Research Review 2 (4): 293–313. doi:10.1007/s40894-016-0049-5.
  • Rogers, A. A., L. M. Padilla-Walker, and J. L. Hurst. 2022. “Development and Testing of the Parent-Child Sex Communication Inventory: A Multidimensional Assessment Tool for Parent and Adolescent Informants.” Journal of Sex Research 59 (1): 98–111. doi:10.1080/00224499.2020.1792398.
  • Rogers, A. A., H. Thao, E. A. Stormshak, and T. J. Dishion. 2015. “Quality of Parent–Adolescent Conversations About Sex and Adolescent Sexual Behavior: An Observational Study.” Journal of Adolescent Health 57 (2): 174–178. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2015.04.010.
  • Sneed, C. D., C. G. Somoza, T. Jones, and S. Alfaro. 2013. “Topics Discussed with Mothers and Fathers for Parent–Child Sex Communication Among African-American Adolescents.” Sex Education 13 (4): 450–458. doi:10.1080/14681811.2012.757548.
  • Sneed, C. D., and L. A. Willis. 2016. “Differences Between Residential and Non-Residential Fathers on Sexual Socialisation of African American Youth.” Sex Education 16 (2): 199–212. doi:10.1080/14681811.2015.1089226.
  • Spurk, D., A. Hirschi, M. Wang, D. Valero, and S. Kauffeld. 2020. “Latent Profile Analysis: A Review and “How To” Guide of Its Application Within Vocational Behavior Research.” Journal of Vocational Behavior 120: 103445.
  • Teitelman, A. M., S. J. Ratcliffe, and J. A. Cederbaum. 2008. “Parent—Adolescent Communication About Sexual Pressure, Maternal Norms About Relationship Power, and STI/HIV Protective Behaviors of Minority Urban Girls.” Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association 14 (1): 50–60. doi:10.1177/1078390307311770.
  • Warburton, W., G. Lana, and L. Peta. 2008. “Eminem V. Rambo: A Comparison of Media Violence Effects for Auditory versus Visual Modalities.” In Personality Down Under: Perspectives from Australia, edited by S. Boag, 253–272. New York: Nova Science Publishers.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.