The Impact of Mother-Daughter Communication on Daughter's Sexual Knowledge, Behavior and Contraceptive Use.

Autor/inn/en	Fox, Greer Litton; Inazu, Judith K.
Institution	Merrill-Palmer Inst., Detroit, MI.
Titel	The Impact of Mother-Daughter Communication on Daughter's Sexual Knowledge, Behavior and Contraceptive Use.
Quelle	(1979), (44 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adolescent Development; Adolescents; Behavior Patterns; Communication (Thought Transfer); Contraception; Dating (Social); Daughters; Family Influence; Females; Interviews; Mother Attitudes; Mothers; Parent Child Relationship; Predictor Variables; Sex Role; Sexuality + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Communication; thought; Kommunikation; Gedanke; Empfängnisverhütung; Daughter; Tochter; Weibliches Geschlecht; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Mutterliebe; Mother; Mutter; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Prädiktor; Geschlechterrolle; Sexualität
Abstract	Family background variables such as race, religion, and gender of household head emerged as significant predictors of communication about sex in interviews conducted with a sample of mothers and teenage daughters. A suprising finding was a strong positive association between family religion and early sexual communication, although this may reflect a cautionary conservatism about children's sexual development. Mothers who were heads of households were more likely to communicate with daughters about sex than were mothers in male-headed homes. The data suggest that two of the most important predictors of frequency of current communication are the pattern of early mother-daughter communication and the quality of the relationship. Communication about sensitive topics is apparently less difficult in the adolescent years if it builds upon a general pattern of open communication. These findings support program initiatives that seek to strengthen families, and especially women in their role as mothers. (Author/CS)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC