"Always Use Protection": Communication Boys Receive about Sex from Parents, Peers, and the Media

Autor/inn/en	Epstein, Marina; Ward, L. Monique
Titel	"Always Use Protection": Communication Boys Receive about Sex from Parents, Peers, and the Media
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 37 (2008) 2, S.113-126 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-007-9187-1
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Males; Sexuality; Undergraduate Students; Higher Education; Information Sources; Sex Education; Peer Influence; Parent Influence; Mass Media Role; African American Students; Asian American Students; Communication Research + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Sexualität; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Information source; Informationsquelle; Sex instruction; Sexualaufklärung; Sexualerziehung; Sexualkunde; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Kommunikationsforschung
Abstract	Although parents are often thought to be the primary communicators of sexual information, studies have found that many adolescent boys report receiving little or no parental communication about sex. Instead, boys report learning about sex mostly from their peers and the media. However, little is known about the content of these communications, from any source. Using a sample of 286 male undergraduates, this study employed a mixed-method approach to examine the amount and content of sex-related communication boys received from their parents, peers, and the media. Results indicated that adolescent boys report receiving less sexual communication from their parents than from peers and the media. In terms of content, parental messages focused on abstinence and contraception while peer and media messages were significantly more sex-positive. Analyses of ethnic group variation showed that African American adolescents reported receiving the most parental communication and Asian American boys reported the least, with further variability in the content of the messages. Findings also document considerable diversity of message content, both within and across source, highlighting the utility of comparative and multi-method approaches. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10