The Sexual Communication Scale: A Measure of Frequency of Sexual Communication Between Parents and Adolescents.

This study reports on the psychometric properties of a brief instrument that can be used in research or practice to measure the frequency of communication about sexual matters between parents and adolescents: The Sexual Communication Scale (SCS). The instrument was designed to assess communication b...

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Publicado en:Adolescence Vol. 38; no. 149; pp. 43 - 57
Autores principales: Somers, Cheryl L., Canivez, Gary L.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Libra Publishers Inc. Spring2003
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        Teenager attitudes
        Attitudes toward sex
        Communication in families
        Examinations
        Parent-child relationships
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          Teenager attitudes
          Attitudes toward sex
          Communication in families
          Examinations
          Parent-child relationships
      ab: This study reports on the psychometric properties of a brief instrument that can be used in research or practice to measure the frequency of communication about sexual matters between parents and adolescents: The Sexual Communication Scale (SCS). The instrument was designed to assess communication between a mother/mother-figure and an adolescent and between a father/father-figure and an adolescent. The instrument, which contains 20 items for mothers and the same 20 for fathers, addresses sexual topics ranging from dating to sexual intercourse to homosexuality to HIV/AIDS. The sample used to establish reliability and validity of the SCS consisted of 158 males and females, who were primarily Caucasian, suburban, low to upper middle socioeconomic status, and in the 9th through 12th grades. Factor analyses revealed a strong unidimensional construct. Further, internal consistency was found to be very high. In sum, the SCS demonstrated adequate psychometric properties. Reprinted by permission of the publisher.
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