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Although teen pregnancy rates are declining, nearly half of high school teenagers had sexual intercourse in 2005 and one in four sexually active teens contracted a sexually transmitted disease (Centers for Disease Control, n.d.; Kaiser Family Foundation, 2005). Teens obtain their information on sexuality from different sources including parents, peers, media, and educational programs. Parents are teens’ preferred source of sexuality education, yet parents aren’t providing the majority of the talking (Fitzharris & WernerWilson, 2004). When parents do talk about sexuality, studies show that parent and child gender, and child age influence the occurrence of these types of discussions. There is a lack of evidence on what other parental factors influence parent communication on sexual topics with their adolescent children. This study investigated factors that influence parent-child communication on sexual topics, and specifically sought to determine if maternal teenage sexual experiences influence mothers’ discussions with their adolescent children. The target sample of 500 randomly selected mothers or maternal guardians of children ages 10-14 years were mailed questionnaires. Using a list of 22 sexual topics, 69 respondents reported the frequency of discussions with their adolescent and completed a checklist of their own teenage sexual experiences. There was no follow up of non-respondents. Correlational research design was used to rank and list sexual topics by frequency. Data was examined in aggregate and in subgroups by gender of the adolescent. Although a majority of the respondents reported that their own teenage sexual experiences influenced the discussions they had with their adolescents, no

Parent-child communication: influences of maternal sexual experiences as a teenager on the occurrence of sexuality communication with their adolescent