Are Parental Gender Role Beliefs a Predictor of Change in Sexual Communication in a Prevention Program?

Autor/inn/en	Gale McKee, Laura; Forehand, Rex; Miller, Kim S.; Whitaker, Daniel J.; Long, Nicholas; Armistead, Lisa
Titel	Are Parental Gender Role Beliefs a Predictor of Change in Sexual Communication in a Prevention Program?
Quelle	In: Behavior Modification, 31 (2007) 4, S.435-453 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0145-4455
DOI	10.1177/0145445506298411
Schlagwörter	Grade 5; Prevention; Sex Role; Sexuality; Parent Attitudes; Attitude Change; Interpersonal Communication; Mothers; African Americans; Grade 4; Questionnaires; Program Effectiveness; Parent Child Relationship; Gender Differences; Communication Skills + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Geschlechterrolle; Sexualität; Elternverhalten; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Mother; Mutter; Afroamerikaner; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; Fragebogen; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Kommunikationsstil
Abstract	This study examined if pre-intervention maternal gender role beliefs predict change in sexual communication in a sexual risk behavior prevention program designed to increase parent--pre-adolescent communication about sex. A sample of 281 African American fourth and fifth graders and their mothers participated in the five-session program and completed computerized questionnaires at baseline, postintervention, and 6-month follow-up. Based on mother report, more egalitarian maternal gender role beliefs predicted greater increases in parent--pre-adolescent communication about sex at postintervention. Based on pre-adolescent report, similar findings emerged at the 6-month follow-up, but only for boys. The relationship of maternal gender role beliefs to changes in sexual communication was not accounted for by maternal comfort with sexual communication with their pre-adolescents. The implications of maternal gender role beliefs in a prevention program designed to increase communication about sexual topics are considered. (Contains 2 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10