Contribution to Book
No more birds and bees: A process approach to parent-child sexual communication
Communication Yearbook 38
Document Type
Book Chapter
Disciplines
Publication Version
Accepted Manuscript
Publication Date
5-9-2014
Abstract
In this chapter, we present conjoined models of parent-child sexual communication. These models rely on communication privacy management theory to show how sexual information is contained within individual privacy boundaries and shared when a question is asked. Information is revealed in little bits and pieces over the course of a child’s development. Privacy boundary permeability opens, and the circumference of privacy boundaries expands over time. During a specific interaction, parents and children regulate how much information they share. These models apply to parent-child relationships where sexual communication is accomplished, recognizing that many parents and children never or rarely talk about sex.
Copyright Owner
Taylor and Francis
Copyright Date
2014
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Tina A. Coffelt and Loreen N. Olson. "No more birds and bees: A process approach to parent-child sexual communication" Communication Yearbook 38 Vol. 7 (2014) p. 207 - 240 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/tina-coffelt/14/
This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in Communication Yearbook 38 on 2014, available online: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781317936831. Posted with permission.