Parental non-verbal sexual communication: Its relationship to sexual behaviour and sexual guilt
Joffe, H;
Franca-Koh, AC;
(2001)
Parental non-verbal sexual communication: Its relationship to sexual behaviour and sexual guilt.
Journal of health psychology, 6 (1).
pp. 17-30.
ISSN 1359-1053
https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/17699
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The study explores the link between remembered non-verbal sexual communication in the home, current sexual behaviours and feelings of sexual guilt, among a sample of young British men and women. Non-verbal sexual communication encapsulates: openness about nudity in the home; the showing of affection between parents; signs of parental sexual activity and contraceptive use; and intimation of mother's menstruation. One hundred and thirty-seven young adults completed questionnaires measuring remembered parental non-verbal sexual communication, current sexual behaviour and sexual gu Higher levels of parental non-verbal sexual communication were found to be linked to: earlier onset of sexual activity, fewer sexual partners and lower feelings of aspects of sexual guilt. The findings are discussed in terms of how to advance this area of study.