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Perceived control and communication about sex: A study of South African families
- Source :
- African Journal of AIDS Research; Vol 13, No 1 (2014)
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- National Inquiry Services Center (NISC), 2014.
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Abstract
- Caregiver–youth communication about sex protects youth against HIV/AIDS, and caregivers who believe that sex knowledge is important are more likely to talk to their youth about sex. However, caregivers who experience barriers to communication about sex may not talk to their youth about sex even if the caregiver believes that sex education is important. The Theory of Planned Behaviour predicts that an actor has perceived control is necessary for behavioural change. This study therefore hypothesised that caregivers’ perceived control moderates the relationship between caregiver attitudes about youth sex knowledge and caregiver–youth communication about sex. Results from a sample of 99 female South African caregivers of adolescent (10–14 year old) youth supported our hypothesis, indicating that caregiver attitudes about providing youth with sex knowledge positively predict communication about sex only when caregivers have perceived control. This finding illustrates the importance of perceived control in predicting caregiver–youth communication, and therefore has implications for family-based interventions aimed at improving caregiver–youth communication about sex.Keywords: HIV, family, caregivers, perceived control, parental attitudes, parent–child communicationAfrican Journal of AIDS Research 2014, 13(1): 31–36
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Adolescent
Sexual Behavior
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Population
Psychological intervention
Developing country
Human sexuality
Sex Education
Developmental psychology
South Africa
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Surveys and Questionnaires
Virology
Perception
medicine
Humans
Family
Parent-Child Relations
Child
education
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education.field_of_study
Child rearing
Communication
Coitus
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Theory of planned behavior
General Medicine
Middle Aged
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Infectious Diseases
Caregivers
Regression Analysis
Female
Psychology
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17279445 and 16085906
- Volume :
- 13
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- African Journal of AIDS Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....140e7ee7c53a776190d7593bef3ec28c