ERIC Number: EJ767285
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 19
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Are Parental Gender Role Beliefs a Predictor of Change in Sexual Communication in a Prevention Program?
Gale McKee, Laura; Forehand, Rex; Miller, Kim S.; Whitaker, Daniel J.; Long, Nicholas; Armistead, Lisa
Behavior Modification, v31 n4 p435-453 2007
This study examined if pre-intervention maternal gender role beliefs predict change in sexual communication in a sexual risk behavior prevention program designed to increase parent--pre-adolescent communication about sex. A sample of 281 African American fourth and fifth graders and their mothers participated in the five-session program and completed computerized questionnaires at baseline, postintervention, and 6-month follow-up. Based on mother report, more egalitarian maternal gender role beliefs predicted greater increases in parent--pre-adolescent communication about sex at postintervention. Based on pre-adolescent report, similar findings emerged at the 6-month follow-up, but only for boys. The relationship of maternal gender role beliefs to changes in sexual communication was not accounted for by maternal comfort with sexual communication with their pre-adolescents. The implications of maternal gender role beliefs in a prevention program designed to increase communication about sexual topics are considered. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Grade 5, Prevention, Sex Role, Sexuality, Parent Attitudes, Attitude Change, Interpersonal Communication, Mothers, African Americans, Grade 4, Questionnaires, Program Effectiveness, Parent Child Relationship, Gender Differences, Communication Skills
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Grade 4; Grade 5
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Language: English
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