Sex Communication Patterns between Mother and Daughter in Tambon Pasao, Uttaradit Province

Abstract

This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate sex communication between mother and daughter. The survey was conducted by using self-administered questionnaires (SAQ) among mothers who had daughter and been living in Tambon Pasao, Uttaradit province. The instruments consisted of the questionnaires about sex communication’s attitude and sex communication’s patterns between mother and daughter. Descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlations, and Multiple Logistic Regression [Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR) with 95% Confidence Interval (CI)] were used to analyze the data. The significant findings revealed that around 78 percent of mother had communicated about sex with their daughters. About 58 percent felt comfortable to talk about sex with their daughter. The most frequent topic was to preserve one’s purity and the least topic was condom use. Multiple logistic regression showed that the most influential factor on ever talk about sex was comfort with sexual communication (AOR= 9.28, 95% CI=2.14-40.27) and positive attitude about sexual communication (AOR= 5.9, 95% CI=1.4-22.6) The findings demonstrate that to promote constructive discussion about sex between parent and their children, knowledge and attitude skill development as well as awareness promotion for parents to find/create opportunities to talk about sex with their children should be emphasized