Gender Differences between Parent-Adolescent Sexual Communication and Adolescent Sexual Health Knowledge
Aminuddin Hassan, Woon Ye-Chu, Tan Soon-Aun and Wu Shin-Yoon
Research Paper I Published November,2015
Research Journal of Educational Studies and Review Vol. 1 (6), pp. 135-140
ABSTRACT
The main purpose of the study aimed to investigate the
gender differences between parent-adolescent sexual
communication and sexual health knowledge among adolescents
in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. A sample of 425 adolescents was
recruited in this study by using convenience sampling
method. A self-administrated questionnaire was used as a
tool for collecting the data. The
questionnaires were
exploratory in nature and
serve as an important source of data for quantitative
analysis. Results of the study revealed adolescents’
family rarely practice sexual related communication in
Malaysia context. Finding denoted that male adolescents tend
to have higher sexual communication with their father, while
female adolescents reported more often communicate with
their mother about sexual related issues. Correlation
analysis showed significant association between
mother-adolescent sexual communication and adolescents’
sexual health knowledge as reported by female adolescents.
The existence of family sexual communication is significant
to adolescents’ sexual health knowledge to prepare
themselves for healthy adult sexual
lifestyle.
Key Words:
Parent-adolescent, Sexual Communication, Sexual
Health,
Knowledge, Reproductive Health Information.
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