Sexuality Education Intervention for Parents of Children with Disabilities: A Pilot Training Program.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of the study is to evaluate pilot sexuality education intervention for parents of children with disabilities between ages of 6 and 25 years old. A within subjects design was utilized and 15 parents of children with disabilities were recruited to receive a two-week sexuality education without a control group. A paired-samples t-test results showed that there was a significant difference between the participants' pre-test and post intervention scores in their: attitude and beliefs, sexual communication, knowledge, and self-efficacy of sexuality education among children with disabilities (all p<.001). The intervention change the participants sexual communication behavior and increased knowledge about sexuality education with children with disabilities.

SUBMITTER: Clatos K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5500202 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature