Parent-adolescent sexual communication: associations of condom use with condom discussions.

ABSTRACT: This study investigated the relationship between parent-teen sexual communication, discussion of condoms, and condom use among adolescents in mental health treatment. Adolescents with a history of sexual intercourse and their parents completed questionnaires assessing adolescent sexual risk behavior, sexual communication, and discussion of sexual topics. Greater condom use by adolescents was associated with parent-adolescent condom discussion but was not associated with openness in sexual communication. Seventy-six percent of adolescents reported that parents had discussed condoms with them and these discussions were significantly associated with protected sexual acts. In a logistic regression, accounting for age, gender, race, and psychiatric diagnosis teens that discussed condoms with th

SUBMITTER: Hadley W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2756325 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature