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ERIC Number: EJ747197
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 29
Abstractor: Author
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0743-5584
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Silence Speaks Volumes: Parental Sexual Communication among Asian American Emerging Adults
Kim, Janna L.; Ward, L. Monique
Journal of Adolescent Research, v22 n1 p3-31 2007
Although parents greatly influence children's early understandings of sexuality, little is known about how sexual communication transpires in Asian American families. Accordingly, the authors examined the amount and type of parental sexual communication recalled by 165 Asian American college students. Parents were perceived as providing very little information about a range of sexual topics. Communication was most minimal from fathers, among sons, and in homes marked with language barriers. At the same time, however, most participants could recall receiving restrictive sexual messages, in particular, daughters and participants having less acculturated parents. Qualitative results shed light on the specific types of sexual messages that parents provided. Together, results suggest that Asian American parents use implicit and nonverbal ways to communicate their sexual values. (Contains 5 tables.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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