APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Parent-Adolescent Conversations Predict Emerging Adults’ Authenticity and Willingness to Discuss Sex with Romantic Partners
- Marie-Anne Suizzo
University of Texas at Austin - Karen Moran Jackson
Soka University - Hien Nguyen
University of Texas at Austin - Kyle Williams
University of Texas at Austin
Abstract
This study investigated the direct and indirect effects of parental openness in general conversations with their adolescents (N=661) on adolescents’ willingness to discuss sex with their romantic partners. Adolescents’ authenticity mediated relations between parental openness and conversations about sex with romantic partners. The indirect effects were stronger for male adolescents.
Adolescent