title: Predictors of father-son communication about sexuality.
abstract: Examining the factors that influence adolescents' sexual behaviors is crucial for understanding why they often engage in risky sexual behaviors. Using social cognitive theory, we examined predictors of father-son communication about sexuality. Fathers (N=155) of adolescent sons completed a survey measuring 12 variables, including self-efficacy and outcome expectations. We found that (a) son's pubertal development, father's sex-based values, father's education; father's communication with his father, outcome expectations, and general communication accounted for 36% of the variance in information sharing communication and (b) son's pubertal development, outcome expectations, general communication, and father-son contact accounted for 20% of the variance in values sharing communication. Study findings can aid professionals in designing guidelines for programs to promote father-son general communication and sex-based communication.
authors.affiliation: Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, 1520 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. slehr@emory.edu
authors.forename: Sally T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Lehr
authors.forename: Alice S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Demi
authors.forename: Colleen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dilorio
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Facteau
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D005220:Fathers / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D011606:Psychosexual Development; D012736:Sex Education / Q000379:methods*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States