Student-parent rapport and parent involvement in sex, birth control, and venereal disease education

Despite widespread support for more effective sex education by parents, frank discussion of sex between parent and child is generally acknowledged to be a rarity. This study asked 18-19-year-olds who they felt should be responsible for instructing young people about sex, examined relationships betwe...

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Published in:The Journal of sex research 1980-05, Vol.16 (2), p.114-130
Main Authors: Bennett, Susan M., Dickinson, Winifred B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Birth control
Children
Education/Educational/Educator/ Educators/ Educationally
Fathers
Involvement
Mothers
Parent/Parents/Parental
Parents
Rapport
Reproduction
Sex education
Sex/Sexes/Sexism/Sexist/Sexists
Sexually transmitted diseases
Student/Students
Venereal disease
Womens studies
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Summary:Despite widespread support for more effective sex education by parents, frank discussion of sex between parent and child is generally acknowledged to be a rarity. This study asked 18-19-year-olds who they felt should be responsible for instructing young people about sex, examined relationships between student-parent rapport and parental involvement in sex education, and evaluated the impact of rapport and discussion on the students' practical knowledge of sex, birth control, and venereal disease. Subjects were undergraduate students (102 males, 97 females) at a state university. The results indicate that young people favor parental responsibility for sex education, and that rapport is associated with parent-child discussion of sex. Both rapport and parental involvement in sex education were positively related to satisfaction with mode of sex education, especially among females. Neither rapport, nor parental involvement in sex education had a meaningful impact on practical knowledge of sex in the areas measured.
ISSN:0022-4499
1559-8519
DOI:10.1080/00224498009551068