Abstract

GUEVARA BENITEZ, Yolanda; ROBLES MONTIJO, Silvia Susana; RODRIGUEZ CERVANTES, Martha  and  FRIAS ARROYO, Beatriz. Communication with parents, sexual behavior, and indicators of sexual abuse in mexican young people with visual disabilities. Psychol. av. discip. [online]. 2016, vol.10, n.1, pp.79-90. ISSN 1900-2386.

Abstract The research had two objectives: 1) to describe the pattern of sexual behavior, indicators of abuse and level of communication with parents and mothers, in a sample of young Mexican visually impaired, making comparisons by sex and sexual debut, and 2) to analyze the relationship between communication with parents, condom use and the presence of forced sex. A correlational-descriptive-observational cross-sectional design was used. Participated 64 young people between 12 and 26 years old. Five instruments are applied individually: 1) socio-demographic profile, 2)familyfacts and background of disability, 3) sexual behavior pattern, 4) Scale of sexual communication with parents and 5) Scale of sexual communication with mothers. 70% of participants had had sex, 50% had their first sexual intercourse before age 18, 70% did not use any contraceptive method. 41.5% reported having had three or more sexual partners, 28% pregnancy, an abortion, 14.6%, 4.9% sexually transmitted infection, 22% reported having been sexually abused in their first relationship and 14% in subsequent. Most said they never or almost never talked with their parents about the issues evaluated, and their mothers have done infrequently. The need to develop more research and prevention programs to reduce risk situations young people with disabilities is discussed.

Keywords : visual impaired; youth; sexual health; communication with parents; assessment instruments.

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