The assertion that parental communication and monitoring of adolescent children will
discourage premarital sexual activity is examined among white 15-and 16-year-olds …

Data collected over a two-year period from more than 500 teenagers and their mothers
indicate that neither parental attitudes toward premarital sex nor parent-child communication …

On the basis of findings by Moore, Peterson, and Furstenberg (1981), the variables of
gender and parental sexual attitudes (liberal or conservative) were used to categorize 349 …

The purpose of the present study was to investigate differences in sexual knowledge, sexual
attitudes, and contraceptive choice between young adolescents whose parents frequently …

Relationships between sexual attitudes and behavior among adolescents were studied in
data collected by self-administered questionnaires from approximately 3,500 junior and …

This paper examines the influence of the family on sexual attitudes and behavior among
adolescents. Using data from a study of mothers and their children, this research documents …

Ninety-five college students and both of their parents completed questionnaires that
measured sexual attitudes, sexual behavior, general family communication, and parent-child …

82 JOURNAL OF FAMILY ISSUES/MARCH I980 with premarital sexual behavior among
adolescents, Chilman (1978) identifies the quality of the parent-child relationship as a major …

THERE have been many studies concerned with the physical aspects of premarital sexual
behavior. These reports have given us a picture of the incidence and frequency of such …

As part of a larger study of sexual socialization in the upper classes, fortyeight married
couples and their teenage daughters were interviewed concerning parent-daughter …