Gabbidon Kemesha S, Shaw-Ridley Mary
Department of Psychology, University of South Florida St. Petersburg, 140 7th Avenue S., St. Petersburg, FL, 33701, USA.
Behavioral and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Jackson State University, 350 West Woodrow Wilson Ave, Jackson, MS, 39213, USA.
J Immigr Minor Health. 2018 Dec;20(6):1447-1457. doi: 10.1007/s10903-018-0695-8.
This study characterized (a) mothers' childhood and teenage experiences with sex conversations and (b) families' perceptions of current parent-child sex conversations within two underserved Afro-Caribbean communities in the U.S. Fourteen dyads comprised of Haitian and Jamaican mothers and teens (aged 14-18) living in Miami, Florida, completed semi-structured interviews sharing their experiences with sex conversations. Researchers analyzed data using thematic content analysis. Mothers' mean age was 41.85 years, (SD = 5.50) and teens' mean age was 16.35 years, (SD = 1.31). Most mothers reported forbidden or little childhood experiences with parent-child sex conversations. They affected their sexual attitudes, behaviors, and ability to discuss sex with their children. Although some mothers benefited from educational and skill development others shared fear-based messages with their children that some teens believed adversely affected the mother-child relationship quality. Culturally appropriate, skill-based approaches are necessary to improve families' communication self-efficacy for healthy sex conversations to occur in Afro-Caribbean families.
本研究描述了（a）母亲在童年和青少年时期有关性话题交流的经历，以及（b）美国两个服务欠缺的非裔加勒比社区家庭对当前亲子间性话题交流的看法。由居住在佛罗里达州迈阿密的海地和牙买加母亲及青少年（14 - 18岁）组成的14个二元组完成了半结构化访谈，分享他们有关性话题交流的经历。研究人员采用主题内容分析法对数据进行分析。母亲的平均年龄为41.85岁（标准差 = 5.50），青少年的平均年龄为16.35岁（标准差 = 1.31）。大多数母亲报告称童年时期与亲子性话题交流相关的经历被禁止或很少。这些经历影响了她们的性态度、行为以及与孩子讨论性话题的能力。尽管一些母亲从教育和技能发展中受益，但另一些母亲却向孩子传递基于恐惧的信息，一些青少年认为这对母子关系质量产生了不利影响。在非裔加勒比家庭中，采用符合文化背景且基于技能的方法对于提高家庭进行健康性话题交流的沟通自我效能感是必要的。
