ABSTRACT

This study compared the extent to which Hispanic teenagers talk with mothers, fathers and extended family members about risks of sex, protection and relational sex, as well as the role of teenagers’ gender on the association between sexuality communication and risky sexual behaviours. The analysis is based upon 474 Hispanic young people’s responses to a school-based survey recruited from six New England high schools. We (1) calculated descriptive statistics and tests of difference by teenagers’ gender, and (2) ran logistic regression models for engaging in three different risky sexual behaviors separately by gender. There were significant gender differences in teenagers’ talk with mothers and fathers, but not with extended family members. There was consistent ‘gender matching’ between teenagers and the extended family member they talked to. The content of sexuality communication, the family member the teenager talked to and the gender of the teenager all contributed to whether communication was protective for teenagers’ sexual behaviour. There are substantial differences in the types of sexuality communication Hispanic teenagers have with different family members, which are closely tied to teenager’s and the family member’s gender. Results suggest that one size does not fit all when it comes to family communication about sex and sexuality.

摘要

这项研究比较了西班牙裔青少年与母亲、父亲和大家庭成员谈论性风险、保护和关系性行为的程度，以及青少年性别在性交流和危险性行为之间的关联中的作用。该分析基于 474 名西班牙裔年轻人对从六所新英格兰高中招募的校本调查的回应。我们（1）计算了青少年性别差异的描述性统计和检验，（2）运行逻辑回归模型，分别按性别进行三种不同的危险性行为。青少年与父母交谈时存在显着的性别差异，但与大家庭成员交谈时则没有。青少年和他们交谈的大家庭成员之间存在一致的“性别匹配”。性交流的内容、青少年与之交谈的家庭成员以及青少年的性别都决定了交流是否对青少年的性行为具有保护作用。西班牙裔青少年与不同家庭成员的性交流类型存在很大差异，这与青少年和家庭成员的性别密切相关。结果表明，在关于性和性的家庭交流方面，一种尺寸并不适合所有人。这与青少年和家庭成员的性别密切相关。结果表明，在关于性和性的家庭交流方面，一种尺寸并不适合所有人。这与青少年和家庭成员的性别密切相关。结果表明，在关于性和性的家庭交流方面，一种尺寸并不适合所有人。