El Sexo no es Malo”

Maternal Values Accompanying Contraceptive Use Advice to Young Latina Adolescent Daughters

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12801232
AutoresLaura F Romo (0000-0001-5528-2170, University of California, Santa Barbara, autor correspondente), Magali Bravo (University of California, Santa Barbara), Maria Elena Cruz (0000-0002-2072-9785, University of California System), Rebeca Mireles-Rios (0000-0002-3735-7674, University of California, Santa Barbara), Claudia Kouyoumdjian (0000-0002-4726-2222, California State University System)
Ano2010
Volume7
Fascículo2
Páginas118-127
Data de publicação2010-02-03
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSexuality Research and Social Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1553-6610 • E-ISSN: 1868-9884
EditoraSpringer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1007/s13178-009-0001-6
PMID20543876
PMCIDPMC2881211
OpenAlexW2112380038
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas19
Referências citadas36

In this study, we utilized observational methods to identify maternal values and concerns accompanying contraceptive use advice in Latina mother-daughter sexuality conversations. The sample included non-sexually active early adolescents around 12 years of age and their mostly Spanish-speaking Latina mothers. Videotaped conversations were coded for the prevalence of messages related to four sexual values (abstinence, delay sex until older, sex is "normal", sex is "improper") and concerns about pregnancy and STD transmission. We examined whether the duration of time spent conversing about these messages was associated with participant characteristics, general communication openness, and the amount of time the dyads spent discussing contraceptive use. Results indicated that Latina mothers who had fewer years of education and lower family income talked longer to their daughters about the need to delay sex, avoid risky situations that would increase their chances of getting pregnant or acquiring an STD, and engage in self-protective practices. Less perceived openness in general communication as reported by both the mothers and the daughters was associated with increased time discussing that sex is improper. Although the duration of contraceptive use messages was brief, mothers and daughters who discussed the fact that sex is normal, and who communicated more about the importance of delaying sex, talked longer about contraceptive use practices compared to mothers and daughters who engaged in minimal discussion of these sexual values

Abstinence · Condom · Daughter · Developmental psychology · Family medicine · Family planning · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Human sexuality · Observational study · Openness to experience · Population · Pregnancy · Psychiatry · Research methodology · Safer sex · Sexual abstinence · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Gender Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology