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| A comparison of adult attitudes toward their parents' sexuality and their parents' attitudes | | Author(s) | Nicole Poulin, Brian L Mishara |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 13, no 1, Spring 1994 |
| Pages | pp 96-103 |
| Keywords | Sexual activity ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Children [offspring] ; Parents ; Canada. |
| Annotation | This Canadian study compared the attitudes of adult children towards the sexuality of their older parents with their parents' own attitudes toward sexuality. A 56-item questionnaire was given to 41 family pairs consisting of a parent over age 65 and his or her son or daughter. Questions were based on previous studies and involved 6-point Likert ratings. In general, attitudes toward sexuality were positive among parents and their adult children. However, adult children had significantly more positive attitudes than their parents, possibly due to a cohort effect. This difference was primarily due to more positive attitudes toward physical aspects of sexual behaviours. Overall, the disapproval and negative attitudes of adult children reported in previous research were not found in this study. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-970821227 A |
| Classmark | BIU: TOB: SS: SR: 7S |
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