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- Title
Attitudes of Mothers toward Sex Education.
- Authors
Bloch, Doris
- Abstract
Abstract: Data are presented on the attitudes of mothers from the entire social class spectrum toward content and timing of sex education for children (CT-Attitudes), and also toward sex education in school (S-Attitudes) in two California communities in 1969. Findings underscore the necessity to consider these two attitudinal variables separately. As a result of their separation for study purposes, it was possible to arrive at a four-fold typology or grouping of mothers: 1) CT liberals in favor, and 2) CT liberals opposed to sex education in schools, 3) CT conservatives in favor, and 4) CT conservatives opposed to school programs of sex education. It is inferred that educational planners need to pay due regard to the sentiments of all four maternal groups and all social classes in developing sex education programs for families and for school children. (Am J Public Health 69:911-915, 1979.)
- Subjects
CALIFORNIA; MOTHERS; ATTITUDE (Psychology); SEX education for children; SCHOOL children; EDUCATION; LITERACY programs; SOCIAL classes; FAMILIES
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 1979, Vol 69, Issue 9, p911
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article