TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Are Parental Gender Role Beliefs a Predictor of Change in Sexual Communication in a Prevention Program?
JO  - Behavior modification
A1  - Armistead, Lisa
A1  - Long, Nicholas
A1  - Whitaker, Daniel J.
A1  - Miller, Kim S.
A1  - Forehand, Rex
A1  - Gale McKee, Laura
SP  - 435
EP  - 453
VL  - 31
IS  - 4
N2  - This study examined if pre-intervention maternal gender role beliefs predict change in sexual communication in a sexual risk behavior prevention program designed to increase parent—pre-adolescent communication about sex. A sample of 281 African American fourth and fifth graders and their mothers participated in the five-session program and completed computerized questionnaires at baseline, postintervention, and 6-month follow-up. Based on mother report, more egalitarian maternal gender role beliefs predicted greater increases in parent—pre-adolescent communication about sex at postintervention. Based on pre-adolescent report, similar findings emerged at the 6-month follow-up, but only for boys. The relationship of maternal gender role beliefs to changes in sexual communication was not accounted for by maternal comfort with sexual communication with their pre-adolescents. The implications of maternal gender role beliefs in a prevention program designed to increase communication about sexual topics are considered.<p /> 
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SN  - 0145-4455
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0145445506298411
ID  - ref1
ER  -