Investigation of the relationship between sexual developmental characteristics of individuals with intellectual disabilities in adolescence and sexual communication skills of their parents

IF 2.3 4区医学 Q2 NURSING

Journal of Pediatric Nursing-Nursing Care of Children & Families Pub Date : 2025-08-20 DOI:10.1016/j.pedn.2025.08.005

Tuğba Çetinol Taştemel , Gülendam Karadağ

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Abstract

Purpose

The study aimed to determine the relationship between the sexual developmental characteristics of individuals with intellectual disabilities in adolescence and their parents' sexual communication skills.

Design and methods

The descriptive, cross-sectional, and correlational design study conducted between January and March 2024 included the parents of 115 individuals with intellectual disabilities aged 10–19 years studying in a special education and rehabilitation center.

Results

The mean total score of the sexual communication scale for parents was 71.00 ± 13.73, and the mean total score of the sexual development characteristics scale for children with intellectual disabilities in adolescence was 111.51 ± 15.24. There was no positive and significant relationship between content, body language, anxiety scores, and sexual development characteristics scale score (p > 0.05), while there was a positive and significant relationship between the sub-dimension score of managing the process (r = 0.19; p < 0.05) and the sexual communication scale score for parents (r = 0.20; p < 0.05) and the sexual development characteristics scale score of children with intellectual disabilities.

Conclusions

It was found that parents' sexual communication skills had a significant but weak effect on their children's sexual development.

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青少年智力障碍个体性发育特征与父母性沟通技巧关系的研究

目的探讨青少年智力障碍个体性发育特征与其父母性沟通技巧的关系。设计与方法采用描述性、横断面和相关性设计研究，于2024年1月至3月对115名10-19岁在特殊教育和康复中心学习的智力障碍患者的父母进行研究。结果父母性交流量表的平均总分为71.00±13.73分，青少年期智力障碍儿童性发展特征量表的平均总分为111.51±15.24分。内容、肢体语言、焦虑得分与性发展特征量表得分无显著正相关（p > 0.05），管理过程子维度得分（r = 0.19; p < 0.05）与父母性交流量表得分（r = 0.20; p < 0.05）与智障儿童性发展特征量表得分存在显著正相关（p < 0.05）。结论父母的性沟通技巧对孩子的性发展有显著但微弱的影响。

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Journal of Pediatric Nursing-Nursing Care of Children & Families NURSING-PEDIATRICS

CiteScore

3.70

自引率

8.30%

发文量

291

审稿时长

65 days

期刊介绍： Official Journal of the Society of Pediatric Nurses and the Pediatric Endocrinology Nursing Society (PENS) The Journal of Pediatric Nursing: Nursing Care of Children and Families (JPN) is interested in publishing evidence-based practice, quality improvement, theory, and research papers on a variety of topics from US and international authors. JPN is the official journal of the Society of Pediatric Nurses and the Pediatric Endocrinology Nursing Society. Cecily L. Betz, PhD, RN, FAAN is the Founder and Editor in Chief. Journal content covers the life span from birth to adolescence. Submissions should be pertinent to the nursing care needs of healthy and ill infants, children, and adolescents, addressing their biopsychosocial needs. JPN also features the following regular columns for which authors may submit brief papers: Hot Topics and Technology.