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- Title
Parent-child communication about substance use, puberty, sex, and social media use among Hispanic parents and pre-adolescent children.
- Authors
Matsuda, Yui; Thalasinos, Roxana D.; Parra, Alexa; Roman Laporte, Roberto; Mejia-Botero, Maria A.; Adera, Abgail L.; Siles, Melody; Lazaro, Gerardo; Venkata, Ronak N.; De Santis, Joseph P.
- Abstract
Background & purpose: Previous research has noted that Hispanic pre-adolescents may be at an increased probability for engagement in risk-taking behaviors. The purpose of this study was to explore parent-child communication among Hispanic parents and 4th-6th grade children related to substance use, puberty, sex, and social media use. Methods: A qualitative descriptive design was used to examine Hispanic parents'/caregivers' communication with their children about substance use behaviors, pubertal developments, engagement in sexual risk behaviors, and social media use. The study included two components: four focus groups consisting of 23 children; five focus groups and one interview consisting of 24 adults. All were conducted until data saturation was reached. Parents and pre-adolescents were interviewed separately. Interviews with parents and pre-adolescents were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed using content analysis techniques. Results & conclusion: The themes that emerged from the interviews were about children's feelings, parents' feelings, communication messages that children received from their parents, and information parents provided to their children during parent-child communication. The results indicate discrepancies between information that parents provided and information that the pre-adolescents reported. The results have implications for healthcare providers in that parents need to be better educated on communicating effectively with their pre-adolescents about risk-taking behaviors. Healthcare providers may help facilitate parent-child communication with Hispanic families. More research is needed to develop intervention programs for Hispanic parents to learn how to effectively communicate with their pre-adolescent children in a developmentally appropriate manner.
- Subjects
PARENT-child communication; SUBSTANCE abuse; TEENAGE parents; SOCIAL media; TEENAGE boys; FAMILY communication; PARENTS
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2023, Vol 18, Issue 11, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0295303