Abstract

Risky sexual behavior can lead to negative outcomes (e.g., pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections). Adolescents may engage in risky sex less often if families talk about sexual safety or if adolescents engage in emotion regulation (ER) skills, however, research is lacking on how ER may be a barrier to sexual health communication. This exploratory study was a secondary analysis of baseline information from 420 American adolescents referred for mental health symptoms and their parents regarding ER and sexual health communication. Significant differences emerged on adolescent ER between families that talk about sexual health and those that do not.

 抽象的

危险的性行为可能导致负面结果（例如怀孕、性传播感染）。如果家人谈论性安全或青少年参与情绪调节（ER）技能，青少年可能会减少进行危险性行为的频率，但是，缺乏关于 ER 如何成为性健康沟通障碍的研究。这项探索性研究是对 420 名患有心理健康症状的美国青少年及其父母有关 ER 和性健康沟通的基线信息进行的二次分析。谈论性健康的家庭和不谈论性健康的家庭在青少年 ER 方面存在显着差异。