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Understanding Parental Beliefs and Attitudes about Children's Sexual Behavior: Insights from Parental Style
Author(s) -
CARLSON LES,
TANNER JOHN F.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of consumer affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.582
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1745-6606
pISSN - 0022-0078
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6606.2006.00049.x
Subject(s) - style (visual arts) , psychology , developmental psychology , perception , empowerment , social psychology , government (linguistics) , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , neuroscience , political science , law , history
Parental style theory is used to explore how parents differ with regard to parental roles, attitudes, and perceptions about the consequences of teens engaging in sex. Findings from a survey of 150 parents indicate that parental style influences parents’ attitudes and beliefs concerning teen sex. Also, since parents do not have confidence about conveying sex‐related information to children, an opportunity may exist for empowering parents on how to discuss these topics with them. Such empowerment may be accomplished by provision of information to parents through health organizations and the government on how to engage in such conversations with children.