Liu Ting, Fuller Jeffrey, Hutton Alison, Grant Julian
School of Nursing, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Nurs Health Sci. 2017 Jun;19(2):176-182. doi: 10.1111/nhs.12335. Epub 2017 Feb 24.
Chinese adolescents are increasingly engaging in romantic experiences and high-risk sexual behaviors within a rapidly-changing cultural and socio-economic context. Parental communication about sexuality has been recognized as protective for adolescents to make informed decisions about sexual practice. In this study, we explored what was discussed about adolescent romantic experience between parents and adolescents in China. Twenty-seven parents and 38 adolescents from a northern-eastern city of China were interviewed. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and thematically analyzed using a social constructionism framework. Four themes were identified: (i) detriments of romantic experience to education and future prospect; (ii) health and sociocultural risks of romantic and sexual engagement; (iii) ways of handling romantic experience; and (iv) marriage and family building. The messages were mainly prohibitive and consequence oriented in nature, and lacked specific romantic and sexual information. These messages reflected sociocultural beliefs in education, sexuality, marriage, and family in China, but did not meet the needs of current adolescents. External support from health professionals, such as nurses, is important for parents and adolescents to improve their sexual knowledge and communication skills.
在中国快速变化的文化和社会经济背景下，青少年越来越多地经历恋爱关系并参与高风险性行为。父母关于性的沟通被认为有助于青少年在性行为方面做出明智的决定。在本研究中，我们探讨了中国父母与青少年之间关于青少年恋爱经历的讨论内容。来自中国东北一个城市的27位家长和38名青少年接受了访谈。访谈内容逐字转录，并使用社会建构主义框架进行主题分析。确定了四个主题：（i）恋爱经历对教育和未来前景的不利影响；（ii）恋爱和性接触的健康及社会文化风险；（iii）处理恋爱经历的方式；（iv）婚姻和家庭组建。这些信息本质上主要是禁止性的且以后果为导向，缺乏具体的恋爱和性信息。这些信息反映了中国在教育、性、婚姻和家庭方面的社会文化观念，但未满足当前青少年的需求。护士等健康专业人员提供的外部支持对于父母和青少年提高性知识及沟通技巧很重要。
