Parental profiles of sexuality communication: protective effects on youth sexual

父母的性沟通概况：对青少年性行为的保护作用

基本信息

批准号：
8710306
负责人：
Jennifer Grossman
金额：
$ 7.68万
依托单位：
WELLESLEY COLLEGE
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2013
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2013-08-01 至 2016-07-31
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The impetus for the proposed study rests on the need to understand what makes parent- child conversations about sexuality effective in promoting sexual health. Current research shows mixed findings as to whether conversations about sex between parents and teens have protective effects of reducing adolescents' and emerging adults' risky sexual behavior. We propose that the heterogeneity of parents' approaches to sexuality communication can help to explain these inconsistent findings. The proposed work will create profiles that reflect the variation in parents' approaches, based on differing levels of (1) approval of teen sex, (2) motivation to talk about sex, and (3) comfort in talking about sex. This work will examine whether specific elements of these profiles not only shape whether parents talk about sex with their children, but also how effective these conversations are at reducing risky sexual behavior. This study will also examine the special case of teen parents (identified as "early parents" in this proposal), and whether they show unique approaches to sexuality communication compared to parents who were older when they had children ("later parents"). The proposed study will use secondary analysis of the Add Health dataset to 1) identify profiles of parent approaches to sexuality communication; 2) longitudinally examine associations among parent approaches to sexuality communication, the content and frequency of parent talk about sex, and adolescents' and emerging adults' sexual behaviors; and 3) longitudinally investigate whether associations between parent approaches to sexuality communication, content and frequency of parent talk about sex, and sexual behavior are similar or different for early and later parents. Profiles will be identified through confirmatory factor analysis and latent profile analysis. Associations among parent profiles, sexual communication, and adolescents' and emerging adults' risky sexual behavior will be assessed through regression analyses within a latent variable mixture modeling framework. The proposed study will produce recommendations for how pediatricians and other health care providers, as well as educators, particularly in the context of teen sex education programs, can support parents in communicating effectively with their children about sex by (1) identifying which parent approaches to sexuality communication reduce youth risky sexual behavior; and (2) targeting supports for early parents' sexuality communication that capitalize on utilizing their own experiences to reduce their children's sexual risk-taking behavior.

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议研究的动力在于需要了解是什么使亲子关于性的对话能够有效促进性健康。目前的研究表明，关于父母和青少年之间有关性的对话是否具有减少青少年和新兴成年人危险性行为的保护作用，结果不一。我们认为，父母性沟通方式的异质性有助于解释这些不一致的发现。拟议的工作将根据以下不同水平创建反映父母方法差异的档案：（1）对青少年性行为的认可，(2) 谈论性的动机，以及 (3) 谈论性的舒适度。这项工作将研究这些档案中的特定元素是否不仅会影响父母是否与孩子谈论性，还会影响这些对话在减少危险性行为方面的效果。这项研究还将研究青少年父母的特殊情况（在本提案中被确定为“早期父母”），以及与生孩子时年龄较大的父母（“后来的父母”）相比，他们是否表现出独特的性沟通方式。拟议的研究将使用 Add Health 数据集的二次分析来 1）确定父母进行性交流的方式概况； 2）纵向研究父母的性沟通方式、父母谈论性的内容和频率以及青少年和新兴成年人的性行为之间的关联； 3）纵向调查早期和晚期父母的性沟通方式、父母谈论性的内容和频率以及性行为之间的关联是否相似或不同。将通过验证性因素分析和潜在概况分析来确定概况。将通过潜在变量混合模型框架内的回归分析来评估父母概况、性沟通以及青少年和新兴成年人的危险性行为之间的关联。拟议的研究将为儿科医生和其他医疗保健提供者以及教育工作者（特别是在青少年性教育计划的背景下）如何支持父母与孩子有效地就性问题进行沟通提出建议，方法是：（1）确定哪些父母可以采取以下措施：性沟通减少青少年危险的性行为； (2) 有针对性地支持早期父母的性沟通，利用他们自己的经历来减少孩子的性冒险行为。