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Mother-child Communication about Sex and
Sexual Risk Behavior
Dr.
Mary Cox, PI
The primary
purpose of this study is to develop a theoretically based
instrument that measures five components of parent-child
communication: content, extent, style, timing, and context.
Mothers will be the units of study because of empirical
evidence suggesting that mothers are more familiar than
fathers with the social and health issues of their children.
The study will be conducted in three phases. Phase I will use
focus groups composed of low-income mothers of middle-school
aged children to refine these mother-child communication
concepts. Mothers are the targeted parents because of
documented evidence that they are more familiar than fathers
with the social and health issues of their children (Bearman
et al., 1996). Phase II will employ consultants to assist with
preparation of the instrument. Finally, Phase III will test
psychometric properties of the instrument on a group of
low-income rural mothers of middle-school age children.
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