Parent-child sexual communication: a review of parental influences on adolescent sexual behaviour

As our adolescent is at risk of HIV/AIDS, STDs and unwanted pregnancy, it is important for us to understand the process of sexual communication and its role in the sexual socialisation. It is believed that parents play a significant roles as change agent, serve to motivate and guide adolescent behav...

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Main Authors: Suhaimi, Nor Suhaida, Che Hassan, Norlizah, Arshad, Mohd Mursyid, Abdul Manaf, Rosliza
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2017
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/58780/
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author Suhaimi, Nor Suhaida
Che Hassan, Norlizah
Arshad, Mohd Mursyid
Abdul Manaf, Rosliza
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Arshad, Mohd Mursyid
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description As our adolescent is at risk of HIV/AIDS, STDs and unwanted pregnancy, it is important for us to understand the process of sexual communication and its role in the sexual socialisation. It is believed that parents play a significant roles as change agent, serve to motivate and guide adolescent behaviour, provide valuable sources of information or advice and shape the sexual beliefs and behaviour of adolescent (Jaccard, Dittus, and Gordon, 2000). This constructs the possible for significant influences in adolescent sexual behaviour. Thus, this paper offers reflections on what parental influences possibly offered in determining adolescent sexual behaviour through parent-child sexual communication. Above all, it is a taboo issue to be covered in Malaysian context, but warrant for future researches on this controversial issue is necessary to ensure that adolescent able to form a healthy sexual lifestyle in future through effective and productive ways, particularly via parent-child sexual communication.
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spelling upm-587802018-02-05T08:16:37Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/58780/ Parent-child sexual communication: a review of parental influences on adolescent sexual behaviour Suhaimi, Nor Suhaida Che Hassan, Norlizah Arshad, Mohd Mursyid Abdul Manaf, Rosliza As our adolescent is at risk of HIV/AIDS, STDs and unwanted pregnancy, it is important for us to understand the process of sexual communication and its role in the sexual socialisation. It is believed that parents play a significant roles as change agent, serve to motivate and guide adolescent behaviour, provide valuable sources of information or advice and shape the sexual beliefs and behaviour of adolescent (Jaccard, Dittus, and Gordon, 2000). This constructs the possible for significant influences in adolescent sexual behaviour. Thus, this paper offers reflections on what parental influences possibly offered in determining adolescent sexual behaviour through parent-child sexual communication. Above all, it is a taboo issue to be covered in Malaysian context, but warrant for future researches on this controversial issue is necessary to ensure that adolescent able to form a healthy sexual lifestyle in future through effective and productive ways, particularly via parent-child sexual communication. Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2017 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/58780/1/35-26.pdf Suhaimi, Nor Suhaida and Che Hassan, Norlizah and Arshad, Mohd Mursyid and Abdul Manaf, Rosliza (2017) Parent-child sexual communication: a review of parental influences on adolescent sexual behaviour. In: Graduate Research in Education Seminar (GREduc) 2017, 16 Dec. 2017, Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia. (pp. 180-188).
spellingShingle Suhaimi, Nor Suhaida
Che Hassan, Norlizah
Arshad, Mohd Mursyid
Abdul Manaf, Rosliza
Parent-child sexual communication: a review of parental influences on adolescent sexual behaviour
title Parent-child sexual communication: a review of parental influences on adolescent sexual behaviour
title_full Parent-child sexual communication: a review of parental influences on adolescent sexual behaviour
title_fullStr Parent-child sexual communication: a review of parental influences on adolescent sexual behaviour
title_full_unstemmed Parent-child sexual communication: a review of parental influences on adolescent sexual behaviour
title_short Parent-child sexual communication: a review of parental influences on adolescent sexual behaviour
title_sort parent-child sexual communication: a review of parental influences on adolescent sexual behaviour
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/58780/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/58780/1/35-26.pdf