Thesis (MA (Psychology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: With the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa, it is important to understand the sexual
behaviours that place youth at risk of HIV/AIDS, other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
and unwanted pregnancies in order to develop and implement appropriate health-promoting
interventions. Parents are in a unique position to help adolescents to have responsible attitudes
and behaviour towards sex, and to educate adolescents into healthy sexual adults.
The study aimed to investigate parent-adolescent communication and adolescents’ sexual
risk-taking behaviour, and the relationship between them. An exploratory, descriptive research
design and a quantitative methodological approach were used. One biographical questionnaire,
three measuring scales of parent-adolescent communication and one questionnaire about
adolescent sexual risk-taking behaviour were used as measuring instruments. Data from 95
female adolescents who were attending the family planning facilities of two clinics in the
Metropole Region of the Western Cape were employed for the study. The collected data were
analysed using descriptive statistics, Spearman’s correlations, analyses of variance and
multiple regression analysis. The findings revealed a high prevalence of sexual risk-taking
behaviours among adolescents in the Western Cape. Family environment characteristics,
especially the parents’ marital status, play a significant role in both parent-adolescent
communication and sexual risk-taking behaviour. Unexpected findings were some significant
correlations that were found between different factors of both general and sexual
parent-adolescent communication. Spearman’s correlations and best subsets multiple
regression analysis were performed on the data to ascertain which factors are significantly
correlated or associated with adolescent sexual risk-taking behaviour. In both statistical analyses, the amount of parent-adolescent communication about sexual issues was the most
important. A significant negative correlation between adolescents’ sexual risk-taking
behaviours and the amount of parent-adolescent communication about sexual issues illustrates
the positive influence of amount of parent-adolescent sexual communication on adolescents’
sexual risk-taking behaviour. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Met die groeiende MIV/VIGS epidemie in Suid-Afrika is dit belangrik om te verstaan watter
gedrag jong mense in gevaar stel om MIV of ander seksueel oordraagbare siektes op te doen of
om ongewens swanger te word om daardeur programme wat hierdie gedrag verminder, te kan
ontwikkel en implementeer. Ouers is in ‘n unieke posisie om te verseker dat hulle adolessente
kinders verantwoordelike houdings en optrede teenoor seks ontwikkel en om hulle op te voed
tot volwassenes wat ‘n gesonde houding tot seks het.
Die doel van hierdie studie was om die verhouding tussen ouer-adolessente kommunikasie en
die seksuele waaggedrag van jong mense te ondersoek en die verhouding tussen hulle te bepaal.
‘n Ondersoekende, beskrywende navorsingsontwerp en ‘n kwantitatiewe metodologiese
benadering is gebruik. ‘n Biografiese vraelys, drie vraelyste oor ouer-adolessente
kommunikasie en een vraelys oor die seksuele waaggedrag van jong mense is deur 95
adolessente meisies voltooi wat die gesinsbeplanningsfasiliteite by twee klinieke in die
Wes-Kaapse metropool besoek het. Die data is ontleed deur die berekening van Spearman
(Rho)-korrelasies, variansieontleding, meervoudige regressie-analise en beskrywende statistiek.
Die bevindings dui op ‘n hoë voorkoms van seksuele waaggedrag onder adolessente in die
Wes-Kaap. Gesinsomstandighede, veral die ouers se huwelikstatus, speel ‘n belangrike rol in
ouer-adolessente kommunikasie en seksuele waaggedrag. Onvoorsiene bevindings was die
beduidende korrelasies tussen verskillende faktore van beide algemene en seksuele
ouer-adolessente kommunikasie. Spearman-korrelasies en best subsets meervoudige
regressie-analise is op die data uitgevoer om te bepaal watter faktore betekenisvol met
adolessente waaggedrag korreleer of daarmee geassosieer is. In beide statistiese analises is gevind dat die hoeveelheid ouer-adolessente kommunikasie oor seksuele kwessies die
belangrikste was. Daar was ‘n statisties beduidende negatiewe korrelasie tussen die adolessent
se seksuele waaggedrag en die hoeveelheid kommunikasie tussen die ouer en adolessent oor
seks, wat beteken dat adolessente minder seksuele waaggedrag sal vertoon indien hulle ouers
meer met hulle oor seksuele sake sal praat.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/2068 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Wang, Zhaohua |
| Contributors | Greeff, A. P., University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Psychology. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | University of Stellenbosch |
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