Communicating with Children about Sexuality: A Randomised Controlled Trial of a Brief Parenting Discussion Group.
This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a brief, group-based parenting intervention for parents of children aged three to 10 years, in improving parental communication about sexuality with their children. A 2 (intervention vs. control) by 3 (baseline, 4-week follow-up, 3-month follow-up) design...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Child & Family Studies Vol. 30; no. 6; pp. 1487 - 1501 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=150304472&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 150304472 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10621024 JFM jtl: Journal of Child & Family Studies issn: 10621024 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2021 vid: 30 iid: 6 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 150304472 10.1007/s10826-021-01948-w ppf: 1487 ppct: 14 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 710KB tig: atl: Communicating with Children about Sexuality: A Randomised Controlled Trial of a Brief Parenting Discussion Group. aug: au: Teo, Sarah Morawska, Alina affil: Parenting and Family Support Centre, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, 13 Upland Rd, 4072, Brisbane, Australia su: Parent attitudes Parenting education Confidence Analysis of variance Human sexuality Sex education Randomized controlled trials Self-efficacy Communication Parent-child relationships Parents Multivariate analysis Descriptive statistics Chi-squared test Questionnaires Data analysis software sug: subj: Parent attitudes Parenting education Confidence Analysis of variance Human sexuality Sex education Randomized controlled trials Self-efficacy Communication Parent-child relationships Parents Multivariate analysis Descriptive statistics Chi-squared test Questionnaires Data analysis software keyword: Child sexuality Parenting Sexuality education Child sexuality Parenting Sexuality education ab: This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a brief, group-based parenting intervention for parents of children aged three to 10 years, in improving parental communication about sexuality with their children. A 2 (intervention vs. control) by 3 (baseline, 4-week follow-up, 3-month follow-up) design was used, with parents randomly allocated to intervention or control groups. The intervention comprised of a single session, two-hour parent discussion group on how to positively communicate to children about sexuality. Parental behaviours, self-efficacy, beliefs, and attitudes about sexuality communication were the primary outcome measures. Secondary outcome measures included parental knowledge, parental comfort, child behaviours, and observed sexuality communication. 117 parents completed assessment measures across three time-points and their data were used in the final analyses. Parents in the intervention group reported (i) greater sexuality teaching behaviours; (ii) increased self-efficacy in using sexuality teaching strategies; and (iii) decreased negative beliefs and attitudes about child sexuality communication, relative to parents in the control group, at the 4-week and 3-month follow-ups. No significant differences between parents in the two groups were found on parental knowledge, parental comfort, and child behaviours. Observational data indicated significant intervention effects only on parents' encouraging responses to their child's sexuality questions. These findings provide initial support for a brief parenting discussion group in improving sexuality communication between parents and children. Further research is needed to expand on the generalisability of the present study's findings. Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12615000459527 Highlights: Most parents acknowledge their role as sexuality educators, yet often feel that they lack the skills and confidence in effectively communicating to their children about sexuality. Parents participating in a brief intervention reported changes in sexuality teaching behaviours, self-efficacy, and beliefs and attitudes about child sexuality communication. Findings support the efficacy of a brief parenting discussion group in improving sexuality communication between parents and children, but studies on generalisability to more diverse populations are needed. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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