Abstract

GONZALEZ, Valentina; ORCASITA, Linda Teresa; CARRILLO, Juan Pablo  and  PALMA-GARCIA, Diana Marcela. Family communication and decision-making about sexuality between parents and adolescents. Rev.latinoam.cienc.soc.niñez juv [online]. 2017, vol.15, n.1, pp.419-430. ISSN 1692-715X.  https://doi.org/10.11600/1692715x.1512605022016.

Adolescents learn about sexuality in different ways, yet parents are one of the first socializing agents who are in charge of transmitting information about sexuality through communication. This in turn leads teenagers to develop their own set of representations of sexuality and decision-making. This study aims to describe the communication process established between parents and teenagers in relation to sexuality and, as a result, identify decision-making procedures in two families of students at secondary schools in the city of Cali, Colombia. Through this qualitative research it was found that communication processes, conversation topics and the resources used to address these topics were influenced by the perceptions and knowledge of the parents. The study identified that sexuality was still a taboo subject for these families and there were gaps in the information and accompaniment provided.

Keywords : Sexuality; adolescents; communication; decision-making.

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