For adolescents who have a father in their lives, father-teen conversations about sex and relationships can protect teens from risky sexual behaviors. However, little is known about the content and process of these conversations. This study explored topics of and approaches to fathers' talk with their teens about sex and relationships in interviews with a diverse sample of 43 fathers of high school-aged adolescents from across the United States. Interview data were analyzed using content analysis. The results showed how fathers talked with their adolescent children about topics of sexual behavior, risks of sex, dating and relationships, as well as less studied areas of diverse sexual and gender identities and consent, and how these conversations differed with male and female teens. Findings also showed that fathers took multiple approaches to talk about sex, including personal talk, talk about friends and family, and use of media and other distal contexts to start conversations. These findings show how fathers contribute to the sexual socialization of their adolescent children and suggest points of access for fathers who are unsure how to approach talk with their teens about sex and relationships. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

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父亲与青少年的“什么”和“如何”谈论性和关系。

对于生活中有父亲的青少年来说，父亲与青少年有关性和关系的对话可以保护青少年免受危险的性行为。然而，人们对这些对话的内容和过程知之甚少。这项研究通过对来自美国各地 43 名高中青少年父亲的不同样本进行访谈，探讨了父亲与青少年谈论性和关系的话题和方法。使用内容分析对访谈数据进行分析。结果显示，父亲如何与青春期的孩子谈论性行为、性风险、约会和人际关系等话题，以及研究较少的不同性和性别认同和同意的领域，以及这些对话与男性和女性青少年有何不同。调查结果还表明，父亲们会采取多种方式谈论性，包括个人谈话、谈论朋友和家人，以及利用媒体和其他远程环境来开始对话。这些发现显示了父亲如何促进青春期孩子的性社会化，并为那些不确定如何与青少年谈论性和关系的父亲提供了切入点。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2023 APA，保留所有权利）。