What really matters in family communication about sexuality? A qualitative analysis of affect and style among African American mothers and adolescent daughters

Autor:	Peter J. Kuriloff, Erika Pluhar
Rok vydání:	2004
Předmět:	media_common.quotation_subject Human sexuality Empathy Anger Affect (psychology) Education Body language Silence Nonverbal communication Psychology Social psychology Social Sciences (miscellaneous) Qualitative research media_common
Zdroj:	Sex Education. 4:303-321
ISSN:	1472-0825 1468-1811
DOI:	10.1080/1468181042000243376
Popis:	The family—via communication (or lack thereof)—is a primary avenue for sexuality education. While most research on family sexuality communication has examined the content of parent–child communication (e.g. topics discussed), relatively few studies have assessed the process, the way in which communication occurs. This paper presents an analysis of communication process based on data collected during a qualitative, observational study of family sexuality communication with thirty low‐ and middle‐income African American mothers and their adolescent daughters living in an urban area in the southeastern USA. Two dimensions of communication process emerged: affective and stylistic. Elements of the affective dimension included connection, empathy, comfort, anger, and silence. Elements of the stylistic dimension included interactive versus didactic communication styles, use of a variety of persuasive techniques, body language, and setting. Results suggest that the process of sexuality communication is as, if not...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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