Being Open with Your Mouth Shut: The Meaning of "Openness" in Family Communication about Sexuality

Autor/inn/en	Kirkman, Maggie; Rosenthal, Doreen A.; Feldman, S. Shirley
Titel	Being Open with Your Mouth Shut: The Meaning of "Openness" in Family Communication about Sexuality
Quelle	In: Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 5 (2005) 1, S.49-66 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1468-1811
Schlagwörter	Parent Child Relationship; Sexuality; Foreign Countries; Family Relationship; Adolescents; Sex Education; Family Life Education; Interviews; Mothers; Fathers; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Sexualität; Ausland; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Sex instruction; Sexualaufklärung; Sexualerziehung; Sexualkunde; Family education; Education within the family; Familienerziehung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Mother; Mutter; Australien
Abstract	An Australian study of parent-adolescent communication about sexuality revealed complex meanings inherent in the understanding of "openness". These included willingness to answer questions while not keeping a spotlight on the topic; having an open-minded attitude; balancing openness with privacy; and being responsive to characteristics of the child. Various constraints applied to the application of open communication in this sensitive area. Given the range of meanings encompassed by "openness", the authors recommend that social scientists limit their application of this term in the study of communication in families, and that sex educators take care to be more specific in recommending openness in communication about sexuality. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10