INFLUENCE OF MOTHER-DAUGHTER INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION ON SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEENAGE GIRLS IN OGUN STATE, NIGERIA
Keywords:
Interpersonal communication, Parenting style, Sexual behaviour, Mother, Daughter, TeenagerAbstract
In order to curtail a female child’s early sexual engagement and the attendant repercussions, research
gap must be filled in the field of mother-daughter interpersonal communication. Hence, this study specifically examined the influence of the quality of mother-daughter communication on sexual behaviour
of teenage girl; the influence of mother’s parenting style on a girl’s sexual behaviour; and also investigated the joint influence of the mother-daughter communication and parenting style on sexual behaviour of a teenage girl. This study employed the survey research method. Five public secondary
schools were randomly selected in Ijebu-Ode. 40 teenage girls and their mothers were purposively
selected in each of the schools, totaling 200 sample size. Three instruments were adopted to gather
the data: Adolescent Sexual Activities Index (ASAI), Parent-Adolescent Communication Scale (PCS)
and Parenting Style Scale (PSC). The study was anchored on Bowen Family Systems Theory; Attachment theory and The Rommetveit and Blakar communication model. Quality communication among
mothers and daughters were found influencing a positive sexual behaviour in teenage girls while the
mothers’ parenting styles did not show significant influence on their daughters’ sexual behaviour. However, there was a significant positiveHoweverHH joint influence of mothers-daughters communication
and mothers’ parenting styles on teens’ sexual behaviour. Among others, the study recommended that
mothers should endeavour to create intimacy with their daughters to enhance quality communication and should learn to adopt appropriate parenting styles as it relates to their
daughters’ sexual education and monitoring according to the behavioural pattern exhibited by such child.
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