The Situation Of Perceived Parent-child Communication About Sexuality And Its Relationship With Adolescents Sexual Behavior

This study was conducted on 365 high school students in the age rangern15-19 (mean age= 16.73) SD= 1.20) to investigate the situation of parentchildrnsexual communication and its relationship with adolescents) sexualrnbehavior. A 20 item parent-child communication scale was administeredrnto collect data on father-child and mother-child communicationrnseparately. To obtain data on adolescents ) sexual behavior) a seven itemrnclose-ended questionnaire was employed. Interview was also held withrnfive students to get supplementary information. The data obtained onrnparent-child communication showed a medium level of communication.rnThere was significant difference observed between mothers and fathersrnin communicating about sexuality with their children. Mothers werernfound to communicate more frequently than were fathers. Sex differencernwas also observed among adolescents. Females reported significantlyrnmore frequent communication with their mothers than did boys. Parents)rneducation was positively associated with parent-child sexualrncommunication. Significant negative correlation was found betweenrnperceived parent-child communication and sexual behavior ofrnadolescents. Better communication was significantly associated withrnlower sexual risk behavior. Implications of parent-child sexualrncommunications for adolescents ) healthy sexual behavior are discussed

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