Mother-Son Communication about Sex: Exploring Associations with Emerging Adult Sons’ Sexual Self-Esteem, Anxiety, and Satisfaction

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2021-08-13 DOI:10.1080/15546128.2021.1959474

A. Denes, J. P. Crowley, Laurel P. Gibson, Emily L. Hamlin

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Abstract

Abstract Parent-child communication about sex and sexuality during adolescence may have long-lasting effects on children’s sexual self-concept and sexual health. As such, the present study explored the connection between mother-son communication about sex and sexuality while growing up and emerging adult sons’ sexual well-being. The sample consisted of 137 sexually active men between the ages of 18 and 23. The findings revealed that open mother-son communication was negatively associated with sons’ sexual anxiety and positively associated with sons’ sexual satisfaction, but that sons’ sexual self-esteem and anxiety did not account for the association between mother-son communication and sons’ sexual satisfaction. These findings provide preliminary evidence that sons’ perception that their mother provided an open and non-judgmental communication environment for discussing sex during adolescence is associated with positive sexual outcomes for emerging adult sons later in life. These findings and their implications are explored through the lens of communication privacy management theory.

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关于性的母子交流:探讨成年男孩的性自尊、性焦虑和性满足的关系

青少年期亲子性交流对儿童性自我概念和性健康有长期影响。因此，本研究探讨了母子在成长过程中关于性和性行为的交流与成年男孩的性健康之间的联系。样本包括137名年龄在18岁到23岁之间的性活跃男性。结果发现，开放的母子沟通与儿子的性焦虑呈负相关，与儿子的性满足呈正相关，但儿子的性自尊和性焦虑并不能解释母子沟通与儿子的性满足之间的关系。这些发现提供了初步证据，表明儿子认为母亲在青春期为讨论性提供了一个开放和非评判性的交流环境，这与成年后儿子的积极性行为结果有关。这些发现及其意义是通过通信隐私管理理论的镜头进行探讨。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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