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An Evaluation of Adolescent Patterns of Sexual Self-Disclosure to Parents and Friends

Dennis R. Papini

Frank L. Farmer

Steven M. Clark

University of Arkansas

William E. Snell, Jr.

Southeast Missouri State University

A study was conducted to examine adolescent's sexual self-disclosure to their parents and friends. The sample consisted of 169 senior high school students. The results revealed that adolescents engage in more sexual disclosure with their friends than with their parents. In addition, significantly greater sexual disclosure was reported between adolescents and same-sex, rather than opposite-sex, parent and friend. The only exception to this finding was that no significant differences were reported in male and female sexual self-disclosure to a best female friend. Additional regression analyses revealed that adolescent sexual disclosure to parents was strongly associated with adolescent perceptions of the openess and adaptiveness of the family context. By contrast, sexual disclosure to friends was strongly related to the adolescent's emotional individuation from the family. The discussion focuses on sexual socialization during adolescence.

Journal of Adolescent Research, Vol. 3, No. 3-4, 387-401 (1988)
DOI: 10.1177/074355488833011
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