Familial Predictors Of Smoking In Adolescents; A Comparison Of Smokers And Non-Smokers

@#Adolescence stage is filled with enormous changes and challenges. At this stage, adolescents are not mentally mature so they failed to adjust to the changes of their life and are at greater risk of developing smoking habit. Many psychosocial factors contribute to adolescents’ smoking, among them family role is prominent. So, the present correlational study aimed to highlight the familial predictors of smoking in adolescents. It was hypothesized that parenting styles, lack of parent-child communication, less parental monitoring, parents and sibling smoking would be related to adolescents smoking. Data was collected from 150 adolescents (smokers: 70, non-smokers: 80) throughconvenient sampling technique. Parental bonding instrument and parental monitoring questionnaire were used. Binary Logistic regression revealed less Parental care and father’s monitoring, lack of mother-child communication and siblings’ smoking as significant predictors of smoking. The study implications are discussed with its application in health, social and counseling psychology.

Parent-child communication about congenital adrenal hyperplasia: Filipino mothers' experience

@#<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>BACKGROUND:</strong> Family communication facilitates coping a genetic condition by ensuring accurate understanding of the illness,its inheritance pattern,associated recurrence risk and risk perception.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>OBJECTIVE: </strong>This paper explores Filipino mothers' experience in communicating information about congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) to their children.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>METHODS:</strong>Descriptive qualitative design was used.families affected with CAH were recruited  via a CAH support group.Semi-structure interview with mothers were done on the following topics:content and understanding information  communicated,reasons for communicating,and changes and adjustments in the family.Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>RESULTS:</strong>Five families consisting 11 individuals ,including four mothers,were interviewed.finding revealed that while mother are open to communicate with their child about CAH,this is often triggered by question from the child.Mother find it challenging to discuss about the condition  and when they do discuss,this is most often done to facilitate better understanding among the siblings.There is an attempt to explain inheritance of CAH but this is also limited to the mother's understanding.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>CONCLUSION:</strong>The findings of the study provide guidance to health professional on how they can support parents,particularly mothers,in discussing CAH with their children.</p>

Relationships among Parent-child Communication, Self-esteem and Sexual Assertiveness for Male and Female University Students: Gender Difference

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to compare the relationships among parent-child communication, self-esteem and sexual assertiveness for male and female university students. METHODS: This descriptive study used a comparative survey design that utilized self-report questionnaires. A total of 470 participants were male and female university students in B metropolitan city. RESULTS: The degree of open communication use was higher for female students in comparison to male students, There were no differences in dysfunctional communication for both the father-child communication. There were no differences between males and females for the mother-child communication either. The degree of self-esteem was higher for male students in comparison to the female students. The degree of sexual assertiveness was higher for female students in comparison to the male students. The grade, religion, major, allowance source, marital status of parents, and relationship experience with opposite sex were influencing factors for the male students' sexual assertiveness whereas the individual's major and physical contact were influencing factors for the female students. CONCLUSION: Self-esteem and mother-child open communication were influencing factors of sexual assertiveness. Thus, the nursing intervention based on the influencing factors is needed in order for male and female students to express sexual assertiveness.

Caracterização da comunicação entre progenitores e filhos em idade escolar: estudo com uma amostra portuguesa / Characterization of parent-child communication in school-age children: study with a portuguese sample

A comunicação parento-filial é uma dimensão central do exercício da parentalidade. O objetivo do presente estudo foi identificar e comparar as percepções de 467 progenitores e 329 crianças (entre 7 e 11 anos) sobre a comunicação parento-filial, através da Escala de Avaliação da Comunicação na Parentalidade (COMPA). Os testes t de Student, ANOVA e correlação de Pearson revelaram alguns resultados estatisticamente significativos: destaque positivo de mães/filhas na comunicação, relação positiva entre dimensões metacomunicação e partilha/confiança da intimidade por parte das crianças, e influência das variáveis sociodemográficas (níveis socioeconómico e de escolaridade baixos, contexto rural) sobre a comunicação. De uma forma geral, os resultados sugerem a necessidade de dar atenção às relações parento-filiais em contextos escolares e socioeconómicos desfavorecidos.

Parent-child communication is a central dimension of the parenting task. The main goal of the present study was to identify and compare the perceptions of 467 parents and 329 children (ages between 7-11 years) related to parent-child communication, using the Perception Scale of Parenting Communication. Student's t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson correlations revealed some statistically significant results: a positive emphasis of mothers/daughters on communication, a positive relationship between meta-communication and sharing/confidence dimensions for children, and the influence of sociodemographic variables (low levels of financial income and education, rural context) on the quality of communication. In general, these results seem to indicate the necessity of paying attention to the parent-child relationship in disadvantaged school and socioeconomic contexts.

El papel de los padres en la salud sexual de sus hijos / The Role of Parents in their Children's Sexual Health

Los propósitos de este estudio fueron identificar las variables que predicen la intención de usar condón en adolescentes sin experiencia sexual, y conocer el papel que desempeñan los padres en dichas variables. Se obtuvo información de 290 estudiantes y sus padres (n=290) mediante un instrumento de autoinforme. Los resultados mostraron que los jóvenes tienen mayor intención de usar condón en la medida que se perciben capaces de usarlo (autoeficacia). Los padres tuvieron una influencia en variables mediadoras de la autoeficacia a través de sus conocimientos sobre uso del condón, estereotipos hacia el cuidado de la salud sexual, expectativas positivas hacia la comunicación y mediante la comunicación que establecen con sus hijos sobre relaciones sexuales. Los resultados de esta investigación se discuten considerando la importancia de contar con medidas de autoinforme tanto de los padres como de sus hijos y su pertinencia para el establecimiento de relación entre ambos. Se enfatiza el papel que desempeñan los padres en variables precursoras de la conducta sexual protegida de sus hijos y se analizan las implicaciones de este estudio en programas de intervención orientados a la prevención.

The purposes of this study were to identify the predictors of intention to use condoms in sexually inexperienced adolescents, and to know the role of parents in these variables. Information was obtained from 290 students and their parents (n = 290) using a self-report instrument. The results showed that young people have greater intention to use condoms when they perceive able to use it (self-efficacy). The parents had an influence on mediating variables of self-efficacy through their knowledge of condom use, stereotypes to the sexual health care, positive expectations of communication and through communication they have with their children about sex. The results of this research are discussed considering the importance of self-report measures of both parents and their children and their impact on the development of their relationship. The authors emphasize the role of parents in precursor variables protected sexual behavior of their children and discusses the implications of this study in intervention programs aimed at preventing sexual health problems in young sexually inexperienced.