Importance Parent-based sexual health interventions have received considerable attention
as one factor that can increase safer sexual behavior among youth; however, to our …

Research indicates that parent-child communication about sexual and reproductive health
can improve safe sex practices among adolescents, but barriers to such communication …

This third edition of Family Communication carefully examines state-of-the art research and
theories of family communication and family relationships. In addition to presenting …

A healthy sexual self-concept that captures an understanding of the risky and the positive
aspects of sexuality is imperative to life-long well-being. Parents have a unique opportunity …

Gender differences in sexuality have gained considerable attention both within and outside
of the scientific community. We argue that one of the main unacknowledged reasons for …

Online sexual behaviors like sexting, viewing pornography online, and using the internet to
start relationships are increasingly common among adolescents, yet research has struggled …

Purpose This study was conducted to understand sexual knowledge, sexual attitudes, and
the perceptions and actualities of sex education among parents of elementary school …

Sexual agency (ie, the ability to make decisions and assertions related to one's own
sexuality) is associated with sexual health enhancing outcomes. Given that young women …

Most research on Black girls' sexuality emphasizes reducing risk behaviors, with less
attention to dimensions of healthy and normative sexual development, such as body …

Parent-adolescent sexual health communication (SHC) is a protective factor that can reduce
adverse adolescent sexual health outcomes, and the frequency, quality, and content of SHC …