A Comparison of the Process and Content of Sexual Communications Among African American Adolescent Children Living in Parent and Grandparent Headed Families.

IF 1.7 Q2 PEDIATRICS

Adolescent Health Medicine and Therapeutics Pub Date : 2021-01-07 eCollection Date: 2021-01-01 DOI:10.2147/AHMT.S281662

Judith B Cornelius, Florence Okoro, Crystal N Piper

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Abstract

Introduction: The process of parental sexual communication has been shown to delay the sexual debut of adolescents; however, few studies have focused on extended family members such as grandparents. The purpose of this study was to compare the process and content of sexual communications among African-American adolescent children living in parent or grandparent headed families.

Methods: A secondary analysis of two de-identified datasets from 80 African-American adolescents was conducted.

Results: Findings indicated that there were no significant differences in the sexual communication process in relation to facilitators p= 0.38 and barriers p =0.23 with the discussions. There were however significant differences with adolescents' attitudes (p = 0.04) and feelings regarding sexual abstinence (p =0.01), HIV prevention (p= 0.002) and teen pregnancy (p= 0.010).

Discussion: Researchers can use the results of this study as a beginning point in examining the sexual communication process in grandparent-headed families.

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非裔美国青少年父母与祖父母家长家庭性交流的过程与内容比较。

父母性交流的过程已被证明会延迟青少年的性初次行为;然而，很少有研究关注像祖父母这样的大家庭成员。本研究的目的是比较父母和祖父母为户主家庭的非裔美国青少年性交流的过程和内容。方法:对来自80名非裔美国青少年的两个去识别数据集进行二次分析。结果:研究结果表明，促进因素p= 0.38，障碍因素p= 0.23在性交流过程中无显著差异。青少年对性节制(p= 0.01)、预防艾滋病(p= 0.002)、青少年怀孕(p= 0.010)的态度(p= 0.04)、感受(p= 0.010)存在显著差异。讨论:研究人员可以把这项研究的结果作为一个起点，来研究祖父母为户主的家庭中的性交流过程。

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期刊介绍： Adolescent Health, Medicine and Therapeutics is an international, peer reviewed, open access journal focusing on health, pathology, and treatment issues specific to the adolescent age group, including health issues affecting young people with cancer. Original research, reports, editorials, reviews, commentaries and adolescent-focused clinical trial design are welcomed. All aspects of health maintenance, preventative measures, disease treatment interventions, studies investigating the poor outcomes for some treatments in this group of patients, and the challenges when transitioning from adolescent to adult care are addressed within the journal. Practitioners from all disciplines are invited to submit their work as well as health care researchers and patient support groups. Areas covered include: Physical and mental development in the adolescent period, Behavioral issues, Pathologies and treatment interventions specific to this age group, Prevalence and incidence studies, Diet and nutrition, Specific drug handling, efficacy, and safety issues, Drug development programs, Outcome studies, patient satisfaction, compliance, and adherence, Patient and health education programs and studies.