TY - JOUR
T1 - Predictors of Caregiver Communication About Reproductive and Sexual Health and Sensitive Sex Topics
AU - Ritchwood, Tiarney D.
AU - Peasant, Courtney
AU - Powell, Terrinieka W.
AU - Taggart, Tamara
AU - Corbie-Smith, Giselle
AU - Akers, Aletha Y.
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was funded by grants from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R24MD001671), the University of North Carolina Center for AIDS Research (UNC CFAR P30 AI50410), and from the National Institute of Mental Health (R25MH083635). Author Tiarney D. Ritchwood was supported by the following grants during the preparation of this article: R25DA035692, R25MH087217, R25MH083635). Author Courtney Peasant was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (T32MH020031). Author Tamara Taggart was supported by a fellowship from the National Institute of Allergy And Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health (T32AI007001). Author Giselle Corbie-Smith was supported by a midcareer award in patient-oriented research (K24HL105493).
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018/6/1
Y1 - 2018/6/1
N2 - Numerous studies examining parent–teen communication about sex (PTCS) have focused on reproductive and sexual health information (i.e., pregnancy, physical development, contraception), with significantly fewer addressing communication about sensitive sex topics (i.e., sexual pleasure, masturbation). This study compares predictors of communication about reproductive and sexual health to those of sensitive sex topics with early adolescents. Participants were 465 rural caregivers and their African American youth. Positive attitudes and self-efficacy for PTCS, open communication style, and older youth age predicted caregiver reports of communication about reproductive and sexual health topics. Open communication style and self-efficacy for PTCS predicted caregiver reports of communication about sensitive sex topics. For youth, only older age and being female predicted communication about reproductive and sexual health, while only being female predicted communication about sensitive sex topics. This study may inform interventions that seek to increase PTCS by highlighting strategies for improving communication about both reproductive and sensitive sex topics.
AB - Numerous studies examining parent–teen communication about sex (PTCS) have focused on reproductive and sexual health information (i.e., pregnancy, physical development, contraception), with significantly fewer addressing communication about sensitive sex topics (i.e., sexual pleasure, masturbation). This study compares predictors of communication about reproductive and sexual health to those of sensitive sex topics with early adolescents. Participants were 465 rural caregivers and their African American youth. Positive attitudes and self-efficacy for PTCS, open communication style, and older youth age predicted caregiver reports of communication about reproductive and sexual health topics. Open communication style and self-efficacy for PTCS predicted caregiver reports of communication about sensitive sex topics. For youth, only older age and being female predicted communication about reproductive and sexual health, while only being female predicted communication about sensitive sex topics. This study may inform interventions that seek to increase PTCS by highlighting strategies for improving communication about both reproductive and sensitive sex topics.
KW - African Americans
KW - parent–teen communication
KW - sensitive sex
KW - sexual behavior
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U2 - 10.1177/0192513X17741920
DO - 10.1177/0192513X17741920
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85041417045
SN - 0192-513X
VL - 39
SP - 2207
EP - 2231
JO - Journal of Family Issues
JF - Journal of Family Issues
IS - 8
ER -