Abstract

Parents play a vital role in the development of their children’s sexual attitudes and behaviors; however, little is known about the impact of parenting on masturbation attitudes. The present study aimed to explore the role of discussions with parents about attitudes toward masturbation. Additionally, latent profile analysis (LPA) was used to determine whether subgroups of exposure to distinct parenting styles exist, and if so, the extent to which they are related to the formation of masturbation attitudes. A convenience sample of 279 university students aged 18–21 completed an anonymous self-report survey. Participants who had not discussed masturbation with their parents reported significantly more negative attitudes than those who had discussed it. In general, participants who perceived their parents to be high in both rejection and control reported more negative attitudes toward masturbation than participants whose parents were lower in rejection and lower in control. The LPA revealed three parenting profiles that were differentially related to young adults’ masturbation attitudes: Permissive Parenting, Typical Parenting, and Authoritarian Parenting. An exploratory analysis found that female participants endorsed fewer negative attitudes toward masturbation than their male counterparts. Bayesian statistics were used to improve the interpretation of the data, allow for more meaningful and accurate conclusions, and provide converging evidence with the null hypothesis significance testing results. Implications and limitations are discussed within the context of current masturbation and parenting style research.

摘要

父母在孩子的性态度和行为的发展中起着至关重要的作用；然而，关于育儿对手淫态度的影响知之甚少。本研究旨在探讨与父母讨论对自慰的态度的作用。此外，潜在概况分析 (LPA) 用于确定是否存在暴露于不同养育方式的亚组，如果存在，则它们与手淫态度形成的相关程度。一个由 279 名 18-21 岁大学生组成的便利样本完成了一项匿名的自我报告调查。未与父母讨论自慰的参与者报告的消极态度明显多于那些讨论过的参与者。一般来说，与父母在拒绝和控制方面较低的参与者相比，认为他们的父母在拒绝和控制方面都很高的参与者报告了更多的对自慰的负面态度。LPA 揭示了三种与年轻人手淫态度不同的育儿概况：宽容育儿、典型育儿和专制育儿。一项探索性分析发现，与男性参与者相比，女性参与者对手淫的负面态度更少。贝叶斯统计用于改进数据的解释，允许更有意义和准确的结论，并提供与原假设显着性检验结果相一致的证据。