This dissertation examines the relationship between family communication patterns, family
talk about sex and sexual behaviors: safe sex, high risk sex, and avoiding sex. This …

The current study examined the protective effect of parenting-adolescent communication
about sex on four risky sexual behaviors (age of onset of sex, number of sex partners …

Family communication patterns theory proposes two dimensions of family communication—
conversation orientation and conformity orientation—that can impact adolescent decision …

Family communication has the potential to affect a variety of youth behavioral outcomes
including adolescent sexual risk behavior. Within chapter 1, I present past literature on …

Research shows that family sexuality communication is protective for teens' risky sexual
behavior, but most studies on this topic focus exclusively on the parent–teen dyad. The few …

Objective To explore profiles of family communication about sex, demographic predictors of
membership in these profiles, and their relationship to outcomes associated with sexual …

This study has three primary goals. The first goal is to propose and test a new
operationalization of family sexual communication. The second goal is to utilize this new …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Risky sexual behaviors put adolescents at increased risk of
adverse outcomes. Parents, school‐based adults, and peers play important roles in …

Youth sex and relationship education programs aim to improve adolescent well-being by
changing their knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes regarding sex and their health. However …

The high teenage sexual activity and pregnancy rates in America are generally attributed to
ineffective communication of sexual information (Mueller & Powers, 1990). Contemporary …