Download or read book Communication about Selected Sexuality Issues Among Puerto Rican Mothers, Daughters, and Sons written by Hector M. Quinones and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to analyze the Family Adolescent Risk Behavior and Communication Study (FARBCS) data regarding communication of selected sexuality issues between Puerto Rican mothers and their adolescent sons or daughters. This study is a secondary analysis of the Family Adolescent Risk Behavior and Communication Survey (FARBCS) data set that was originally collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Puerto Rico during the 1993-94 school year. Study findings included that participating adolescents reported their mothers as the most important person in their life. More agreement occurred between mothers and their daughters than between mothers and their sons in the reported discussions of sexuality issues. Almost 130 of the surveyed female adolescents and 440 of the males reported having vaginal intercourse at some point of their lives. Mothers reported knowledge of their sons' sexual initiation status showed statistically significant differences when compared to their sons' reported occurrence of sexual intercourse. Sources of sexuality information for parents during their own adolescence are different from the sources their adolescent children are using. Conclusions from this study included that mothers are a required resource for reaching adolescents when attempting to educate Puerto Rican adolescents in terms of sexuality. In addition, mothers believe they are talking about the sexuality issues included in this study with their adolescent sons and daughters, while sons differ from their mothers in this respect. Future research should be conducted to investigate other contributing factors for Puerto Rican adolescents' decision to initiate or delay their sexual behaviors. Gender differences during the sexuality communication process between mothers and their sons should be more closely addressed in future parent-adolescent sexuality communication studies among Puerto Ricans. Alternative sources of sexuality-related information should be studied among Puerto Rican adolescents, especially males.