Parent-Adolescent Sexual Communication and Adolescent Safer Sex Behavior

2015448 citationsReviewgreen Open Access

Authors

Laura Widman · North Carolina State University

Sophia Choukas‐Bradley · North Carolina State University

Seth M. Noar · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Jacqueline Nesi · North Carolina State University

Kyla Garrett · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Abstract

Sexual communication with parents, particularly mothers, plays a small protective role in safer sex behavior among adolescents; this protective effect is more pronounced for girls than boys. We discuss the implications for practice and make suggestions for future research on parent-adolescent sexual communication.

Topics & Keywords

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: JAMA Pediatrics

Volume 170, Issue 1, pp. 52-52

DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.2731

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