Kao Tsui-Sui Annie, Guthrie Barbara, Loveland-Cherry Carol
Eastern Michigan University, School of Nursing, 332 Marshall Building, Ypsilanti, MI 48197, USA.
J Fam Nurs. 2007 Aug;13(3):312-32. doi: 10.1177/1074840707303840.
Taiwan-born mothers' perceptions of sexual health affect their Taiwanese American girls' sexual perceptions. Taiwanese American girls grow up balancing two different cultural influences (Taiwanese and American) while living in the majority society. The process of balancing two different cultures is called bi-cultural straddling. Four separate focus group interviews with two sets of mothers and daughters ( N = 20) were conducted to understand intergenerational transmission of thoughts, perceptions, values, and attitudes associated with sex-related taboos and their impact on sexual communication, safety, and sexual health of second-generation Taiwanese American girls. The findings suggest that mother-daughter relationships, particularly mothers' traditional cultural values, influence their daughters' decision-making process. A secondary finding suggests that these girls tend to experience mental strain if they decide to go against their mothers' advice. Implications are that maternal involvement should be increased and further studies conducted to understand mother-daughter relationships, their pattern of sexual-related communicating, and expectations.
台湾出生的母亲对性健康的看法会影响她们美籍台湾裔女儿的性观念。美籍台湾裔女孩在多数社会中成长，同时要平衡两种不同的文化影响（台湾文化和美国文化）。平衡两种不同文化的过程被称为双文化跨越。研究人员对两组母亲和女儿（N = 20）进行了四次单独的焦点小组访谈，以了解与性相关禁忌有关的思想、观念、价值观和态度的代际传递，以及它们对第二代美籍台湾裔女孩性沟通、性安全和性健康的影响。研究结果表明，母女关系，特别是母亲的传统文化价值观，会影响女儿的决策过程。另一个次要发现表明，如果这些女孩决定违背母亲的建议，她们往往会经历精神压力。这意味着应该增加母亲的参与度，并进行进一步的研究，以了解母女关系、她们与性相关的沟通模式以及期望。
