The family plays an important and powerful role in the sexual socialization of children and
adolescents. The information and messages that are (or are not) communicated between …

The authors' goal is to review and integrate theory and research focused on the impact of the
family, within a cultural perspective, on HIV prevention in childhood and adolescence …

A secondary analysis of data from 1,039 Latino adolescents who participated in a study of a
sex education program was conducted to examine the impact of comfortable communication …

Purpose This study examined the influence of parental marital status, parent‐child sexual
communication, parent‐child closeness on the HIV‐related knowledge, safer‐sex intentions …

Although mothers are widely acknowledged as the primary in-home sexual educators of
children, fathers also play an important role in sexual socialization. Paternal involvement is …

The present study examined factors that promote parent–child discussions about sex topics.
A sample of 1,066 dyads of African American mothers and their 9–12-year-old children …

Examining the factors that influence adolescents' sexual behaviors is crucial for
understanding why they often engage in risky sexual behaviors. Using social cognitive …

Sexual communication is a principal means of transmitting sexual values, beliefs,
expectations, and knowledge from parents to children. Although this area has received …

Purpose This study assessed the extent to which personal characteristics, knowledge and
beliefs, and family interactions and relationships are related to the occurrence of mother …

Background Parent-adolescent reproductive health (RH) communication is one of the
potential sources of information for adolescents on the topic. Given that female adolescents …