Parenting practices and styles associated with adolescent sexual health in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Parenting styles and practices are suggested to be important predictors of adolescent sexual health, mostly in Europe and North America. Limited research has been conducted on these processes in Sub-Saharan Africa, which has different patterns of adolescent sexual behavior and family traditions. Thi...

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Published in:AIDS care 2016-11, Vol.28 (11), p.1467-1472
Main Authors: Kajula, Lusajo J., Darling, Nancy, Kaaya, Sylvia F., De Vries, Hein
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior
Adolescents
AIDS/HIV
Child
Children
Female
Friendship
Health
Humans
Male
Medical research
Modesty
Parenting
parenting practices
Parenting style
parenting styles
Parents
Parents & parenting
Punishment
Qualitative Research
Reproductive Health
Sexual Behavior
Sexual health
Styles
Tanzania
Teenagers
Traditions
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Summary:Parenting styles and practices are suggested to be important predictors of adolescent sexual health, mostly in Europe and North America. Limited research has been conducted on these processes in Sub-Saharan Africa, which has different patterns of adolescent sexual behavior and family traditions. This study qualitatively explored parenting practices and styles associated with adolescent sexual health in Tanzania, with 12 adolescents and 12 parents of adolescents. The themes we identified from the data included parental monitoring, preventive, and punitive behaviors. Parents were reported to use mostly punitive behaviors to correct or prohibit sexual behavior; parents also set clear rules about appropriate sexual behavior (e.g., modesty and abstinence). Parents were also reported to closely monitor their adolescent children's friendships and sexual behavior to minimize sexual behavior. However, some parents also engaged in positive preventive practices aimed at protecting their adolescent children.
ISSN:0954-0121
1360-0451
DOI:10.1080/09540121.2016.1191598