Döring Nicola, Walter Roberto, Scharmanski Sara
Technische Universität Ilmenau, Institut für Medien und Kommunikationswissenschaft (IfMK), Ilmenau, Deutschland.
Institut für Medien und Kommunikationswissenschaft (IfMK), TU Ilmenau, Ehrenbergstraße 29, 98693, Ilmenau, Deutschland.
Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz. 2024 Jan;67(1):14-22. doi: 10.1007/s00103-023-03783-4. Epub 2023 Oct 19.
According to socialization theory, parental sex education should lead to increased sexual literacy in adolescents. However, current data for Germany is lacking.
Against this backdrop, the aim of the present study was to link for the first time the general conversations about sexuality in the family (research question 1, RQ1), and specifically parental contraception education (RQ2), with the sexual risk behavior of adolescents.
The database is the ninth wave of the representative survey "Youth Sexuality" conducted by the Federal Centre for Health Education in Germany (BZgA). Data from all sexually active 14- to 17-year-old adolescents in the sample who provided information on their sexual behavior and whose parents reported on their sex education behavior were analyzed (N = 357). To answer the two research questions, logistic regression analyses were carried out with four central characteristics of adolescent sexual behavior.
The results showed that for both girls and boys conversations about sexuality in the family are positively correlated with (1) reached age of consent at first sexual intercourse, (2) a positive first sexual intercourse experience, (3) reliable contraception use, and (4) a low number of sexual partners (RQ1). The same pattern of results emerged for contraception education by parents (RQ2).
The positive correlations between parental sex education and less risky adolescent sexual behavior need to be further investigated with respect to the underlying causal mechanisms.
根据社会化理论，父母的性教育应能提高青少年的性知识水平。然而，德国目前缺乏相关数据。
在此背景下，本研究的目的是首次将家庭中关于性的一般谈话（研究问题1，RQ1），特别是父母的避孕教育（RQ2）与青少年的性风险行为联系起来。
数据库来自德国联邦健康教育中心（BZgA）进行的代表性调查“青少年性行为”的第九波数据。对样本中所有有性行为的14至17岁青少年的数据进行分析，这些青少年提供了他们的性行为信息，且其父母报告了他们的性教育行为（N = 357）。为回答这两个研究问题，对青少年性行为的四个核心特征进行了逻辑回归分析。
结果表明，对于女孩和男孩来说，家庭中关于性的谈话与以下方面呈正相关：（1）首次性交达到同意年龄；（2）积极的首次性交体验；（3）可靠的避孕措施使用；（4）性伴侣数量少（RQ1）。父母的避孕教育也出现了相同的结果模式（RQ2）。
父母性教育与青少年风险较低的性行为之间的正相关关系，其潜在因果机制需要进一步研究。
