Description

Keywords:

Communication, Adolescents, Parents

Background:

The following ten-item scale can be used to assess the quality of communication between an adolescent and his/her parent/s concerning issues of sex (Miller et al., 1998). The respondent (adolescent) is asked each question for his/her mother and father separately unless the respondent is from a single parent family. This is one of several scales reported in Miller et al., 1998.

Developers:

Brent C. Miller, Maria C. Norton, Xitao Fan, and Cynthia R. Christopherson

Publisher:

Sage Publications

References:

Miller, B.C., Norton, M.C., Fan, X., & Christopherson, C.R. (1998). Pubertal development, parent communication, and sexual values in relation to adolescent sexual behaviors. Journal of Early Adolescence, 18, 27-52.