Effect of a positive sex education communication programme on parental efficacy of communication in family to adolescent offspring
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Background: Enhancing positive sex education communication is an important strategy to improve parents’ efficacy in communication with adolescent offsprings.
Objective: To compare the efficacy of parental communication with their adolescent offspring before and after attending the positive sex education communication programme.
Methods: A one group quasi-experimental research using a pre-posttest design was conducted. The sample consisted of 220 fathers, mothers, or guardians who had been taking care of their adolescent offspring, aged between 10 and 19, and were studying at a municipality school. The positive sex education communication programme, developed and underpinned the Family Communication Guideline and the concept of Self-Efficacy Theory, which consists of five activities: 1) Self-introduction through pictures 2) A life timeline 3) Back to teenage lives 4) How often do you make your rules for your children? and 5) Active listening. The data were collected by using two sets of questionnaires including a general information record form and the perception of parental efficacy in communication with their adolescent offspring. for the latter having a reliability of .80 using Cronbach's Alpha Coefficient. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and paired t-tests.
Results: After attending the program, the mean score of efficacies of the supportive conversation was significantly higher than before attending the programme (p<0.05), and the mean score of efficacies of the conformity orientation was significantly lower than before attending the programme (p<.05).
Conclusions: Health professions could appropriately apply this programme to promote families’ awareness and skill in terms of positive sex education communication for adolescents.
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บทความที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์เป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของวิทยาลัยพยาบาลบรมราชชนนี จังหวัดนนทบุรี
ข้อความที่ปรากฏในบทความแต่ละเรื่องในวารสารวิชาการเล่มนี้เป็นความคิดเห็นส่วนตัวของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านไม่เกี่ยวข้องกับวิทยาลัยพยาบาลบรมราชชนนี จังหวัดนนทบุรี และคณาจารย์ท่านอื่น ในวิทยาลัยฯ แต่อย่างใด ความรับผิดชอบองค์ประกอบทั้งหมดของบทความแต่ละเรื่องเป็นของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่าน หากมีความผิดพลาดใด ๆ ผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านจะรับผิดชอบบทความของตนเองแต่ผู้เดียว
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