Attitudes of parents in the role of a father in Turkey toward child sex education and their sexual communication with their children      
Yazarlar (3)
Vildan Apaydın Cırık
Türkiye
Bahar Aksoy
Türkiye
Arş. Gör. Elif BULUT Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Açık Erişim Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Journal of Pediatric Nursing-Nursing Care of Children & Families
Dergi ISSN 0882-5963 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Dergi Grubu Q2
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 03-2023
Cilt No 69
DOI Numarası 10.1016/j.pedn.2022.12.014
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2022.12.014
Özet
The study aimed to evaluate the attitudes of parents in the role of a father in Turkey toward child sex education and their sexual communication with their children. This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with the fathers of children in the pediatric outpatient clinic at a state hospital between December 30, 2021, and April 15, 2022. The study was reported based on STROBE. The data were collected from 297 fathers using the Descriptive Information Form, the Attitudes Scale Toward Sex education (ASTSE), and the Sexual Communication Scale for Parents(SCSP). Sample statistics demonstrate that 67.7% of the participants did not receive sex education in their childhood, and 57.4% stated that their children received sex education only from their mothers. Higher attitudes toward sexual education were found in the fathers with a university or higher education degree (χ = 15.396; p < 0.01), and those giving sex education to their children (χ = 18.388;p < 0.001). Higher total scores were obtained on the sexual communication scale by fathers with university and higher education degrees (χ = 12.898;p < 0.01) and those who received sex education in their childhood (t = 2.330;p = 0.021). There is a highly significant positive correlation between the mean scores of the role of a parent subscale of the ASTSE and the mean total score of the SCSP (r = 0.81;p < 0.001). There is a positive correlation between fathers' parental role attitudes toward sex education and their sexual communication with their children. Supporting fathers' sexual communication with their children can positively affect fathers' attitudes and communication toward sex education.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Child | Father | Parent | Sex education | Sexual communication