Article: Mexican-American adolescents' responsiveness to their mothers' questions about dating and sexuality

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TitleMexican-American adolescents' responsiveness to their mothers' questions about dating and sexuality
AuthorsRomo, LF2
Nadeem, E3
Au, TK1
Sigman, M3
KeywordsAdolescents
Dating
Gender differences
Latina mothers
Latino families
Parent-child communication
Question-asking
Sexuality
Issue Date2004
PublisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jappdp
CitationJournal Of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2004, v. 25 n. 5, p. 501-522 [How to Cite?]
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2004.08.002
AbstractIn this study, we videotaped and coded 71 sexuality-related conversations to examine how the type of questions asked by mothers of Mexican heritage might be related to their adolescents' participation in the conversations. Adolescent participation was measured by how actively adolescents responded to their mothers' questions, maintained eye contact, and displayed negative affect. We found that both Spanish-speaking and English-speaking Latina mothers were interested in the adolescents' viewpoints about dating and sexuality, and such questions did not seem to elicit negative affect. Adolescents were likely to respond negatively, however, when their mothers probed their knowledge about dating and sexuality, their personal experiences, and those of their peers. Girls participated more actively than boys in responding to questions about their personal experiences in part because girls were more argumentative. Questions about personal experiences were asked in mostly closed-ended formats, requesting yes-no or other short answers, perhaps because the mothers perceived that their adolescents felt more comfortable responding in this manner. These findings can have important design implications for parent training programs intended to improve home discussions about sexuality. © 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
ISSN0193-3973
2011 Impact Factor: 1.852
2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.061
DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2004.08.002
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dc.contributor.authorRomo, LF
dc.contributor.authorNadeem, E
dc.contributor.authorAu, TK
dc.contributor.authorSigman, M
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-06T09:56:34Z
dc.date.available2010-09-06T09:56:34Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.description.abstractIn this study, we videotaped and coded 71 sexuality-related conversations to examine how the type of questions asked by mothers of Mexican heritage might be related to their adolescents' participation in the conversations. Adolescent participation was measured by how actively adolescents responded to their mothers' questions, maintained eye contact, and displayed negative affect. We found that both Spanish-speaking and English-speaking Latina mothers were interested in the adolescents' viewpoints about dating and sexuality, and such questions did not seem to elicit negative affect. Adolescents were likely to respond negatively, however, when their mothers probed their knowledge about dating and sexuality, their personal experiences, and those of their peers. Girls participated more actively than boys in responding to questions about their personal experiences in part because girls were more argumentative. Questions about personal experiences were asked in mostly closed-ended formats, requesting yes-no or other short answers, perhaps because the mothers perceived that their adolescents felt more comfortable responding in this manner. These findings can have important design implications for parent training programs intended to improve home discussions about sexuality. © 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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dc.identifier.citationJournal Of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2004, v. 25 n. 5, p. 501-522 [How to Cite?]
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2004.08.002
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2004.08.002
dc.identifier.epage522
dc.identifier.hkuros100254
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000224597800001
dc.identifier.issn0193-3973
2011 Impact Factor: 1.852
2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.061
dc.identifier.issue5
dc.identifier.openurl
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-7444226858
dc.identifier.spage501
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/89402
dc.identifier.volume25
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jappdp
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Applied Developmental Psychology
dc.relation.referencesReferences in Scopus
dc.subjectAdolescents
dc.subjectDating
dc.subjectGender differences
dc.subjectLatina mothers
dc.subjectLatino families
dc.subjectParent-child communication
dc.subjectQuestion-asking
dc.subjectSexuality
dc.titleMexican-American adolescents' responsiveness to their mothers' questions about dating and sexuality
dc.typeArticle
Author Affiliations
  1. The University of Hong Kong
  2. University of California, Santa Barbara
  3. University of California, Los Angeles