Effects of Church-Based Parent–Child Abstinence-Only Interventions on Adolescents' Sexual Behaviors

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loretta S. Jemmott ◽  
John B. Jemmott ◽  
Larry D. Icard ◽  
Janet Hsu
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Abstinence Only ◽  
Parent Child

scholarly journals Couple Relationship and Parent-Child Relationship Quality: Factors Relevant to Parent-Child Communication on Sexuality in Romania

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meda Pop ◽  
Alina Rusu
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Sexual Communication ◽  
Parenting Behavior ◽  
Outcome Expectancy ◽  
Couple Relationship ◽  
Communication Anxiety ◽  
Parent Child Communication ◽  
Parent Child

This study of parents in Romania explores how perceptions of their couple relationship quality and of factors associated with it (such as sexual communication anxiety and sexual perfectionism) were related to their perception of aspects describing parenting dimensions relevant to the sexual education and sexual health of their children. The hypotheses tested in this study were supported by the data collected from 106 participants (aged 25 to 51 years), parents of 1 to 3 children: (1) sexual communication anxiety with one’s partner (but not sexual perfectionism) is a significant predictor for parents’ self-efficacy, outcome expectancy and communication and parenting behavior related to sexuality education; (2) parents’ self-efficacy and outcome expectancy about parent-child communication on sexual topics (including involvement in risky sexual behaviors) predict the level of parenting behavior in this respect; (3) parents’ sexual communication anxiety (but not their sexual perfectionism) together with their self-efficacy and outcome expectancy regarding parent-child communication about sexuality predict the level of parental sexuality-communication-and-education behavior.

Abstinence-Only and the Struggle to Define Sex Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 209-240
Author(s):  
Kristy L. Slominski
Keyword(s):  
Sex Education ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Sexuality Education ◽  
Christian Right ◽  
Religious Values ◽  
Comprehensive Sexuality Education ◽  
Conservative Christian ◽  
Conservative Christians ◽  
Abstinence Only

As Chapter 5 argues, conservative Christian abstinence-only advocates learned a great deal from the liberal Protestants and comprehensive sexuality education they rejected. This phase of sex education, often defined by the struggle between competing versions of sex education, began with the emergence of abstinence-only education in the 1980s. After years of opposing sex education, conservative Christians like Tim LaHaye developed their replacements. Supported by—and supporting—the newly developed Christian Right and the evangelical pro-family movement, these programs espoused chastity before marriage and omitted information on contraceptive benefits and the diversity of sexual behaviors and identities. It was no longer a question of whether sex education belonged in schools, but rather which type would be taught. Conservatives, too, had learned how to translate religious values into secular spaces in order to gain a bigger audience for their concerns and values.

Reassessing Adolescent Male Sexual and Reproductive Health in the United States: Research and Recommendations

2007 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Duberstein Lindberg ◽  
Adam Sonfield ◽  
Alison Gemmill
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽  
The United States ◽  
Adolescent Males ◽  
Adolescent Male ◽  
Important Concern ◽  
Societal Consensus ◽  
Safer Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Abstinence Only

Adolescent males are practicing safer sexual behaviors and experiencing healthier outcomes than their predecessors. In recent years, adolescent males have tended to start having sex later in life, have fewer sexual partners, use condoms and other contraceptive methods more often, and father fewer children. Yet sexual activity during adolescence remains the norm, and thus adolescent sexual and reproductive health (SRH) remains an important concern. Moreover, large disparities remain in risk and outcomes according to race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, social connectivity, and where men live. Policy and program advances have been limited. Adolescent males are less likely than they were a decade ago to be receiving broad-based SRH information in school, and their access to clinical services has increased only marginally. Most new funding has been provided for ineffective abstinence-only education programs. Prerequisites for continued progress include research to fill in gaps in our knowledge, arriving at societal consensus around key controversies, and new tactics and allies in the political arena.

Adolescent Abstinence and Condom Use: Are We Sure We Are Really Teaching What is Safe?

1999 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clara S. Haignere ◽  
Rachel Gold ◽  
Heather J. McDanel
Keyword(s):  
Sexually Transmitted Diseases ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Sexuality Education ◽  
Failure Rates ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Periodic Abstinence ◽  
Dissemination Of Research ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Attitudinal Changes ◽  
Abstinence Only

This article reviews existing research on condom and abstinence method and user-failure rates, and the use of this research in determining sexuality education curricula. Latex condoms effectively prevent pregnancies and most sexually transmitted diseases or infections (STIs), with method-failure rates between 0.5% and 7%, but with user-failure rates between 12% and 70%. Total abstinence presumably has a method-failure rate of zero, but research on periodic abstinence indicates user-failure rates between 26% and 86%. No researchers have attempted to establish total abstinence user-failure rates. Abstinence-only curricula evaluations have demonstrated changes in adolescents’attitudes but little change in sexual behaviors. Comprehensive sexuality education curricula have demonstrated attitudinal changes and delays in adolescents’sexual activity. Since inconsistent use of either condoms or abstinence threatens adolescents’ health, this article urges more scientific research on total abstinence user-failure rates, better and clearer dissemination of research findings, and encourages funders to require educators to show thorough knowledge of research findings.

Does the Quality of Parent–Child Connectedness Matter for Adolescents’ Sexual Behaviors in Nairobi Informal Settlements?

2014 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 631-638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Estelle M. Sidze ◽  
Patricia Elungata’a ◽  
Beatrice W. Maina ◽  
Michael M. Mutua
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Informal Settlements ◽  
Parent Child

A Pilot Study of Early Storybook Reading With Babies With Hearing Loss

2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (9) ◽  
pp. 3397-3412
Author(s):  
Michelle I. Brown ◽  
David Trembath ◽  
Marleen F. Westerveld ◽  
Gail T. Gillon
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Visual Analysis ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Eye Contact ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Storybook Reading ◽  
Book Selection ◽  
Turn Taking ◽  
Parent Child

Purpose This pilot study explored the effectiveness of an early storybook reading (ESR) intervention for parents with babies with hearing loss (HL) for improving (a) parents' book selection skills, (b) parent–child eye contact, and (c) parent–child turn-taking. Advancing research into ESR, this study examined whether the benefits from an ESR intervention reported for babies without HL were also observed in babies with HL. Method Four mother–baby dyads participated in a multiple baseline single-case experimental design across behaviors. Treatment effects for parents' book selection skills, parent–child eye contact, and parent–child turn-taking were examined using visual analysis and Tau-U analysis. Results Statistically significant increases, with large to very large effect sizes, were observed for all 4 participants for parent–child eye contact and parent–child turn-taking. Limited improvements with ceiling effects were observed for parents' book selection skills. Conclusion The findings provide preliminary evidence for the effectiveness of an ESR intervention for babies with HL for promoting parent–child interactions through eye contact and turn-taking.

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