Abstract:
This study examined the relationship between parental monitoring and
parent-adolescent communication, respectively, and sexual risk-taking
behaviours. Participants consisted of 197 grade 11 and 12 learners at
Bankuna High School and D. Z. J. Mthebule Secondary School in the
Greater Tzaneen Municipality. The learners’ ages ranged from 15
years to 25 years. Sexual risk-taking behaviours was determined by
assessing adolescents’ use of condoms, and drugs or alcohol, prior to
sexual intercourse. The results indicated a statistically significant
relationship between parental monitoring and the adolescents’ sexual
risk-taking behaviours. However, no association was found between
parent-adolescent communication and sexual risk-taking behaviours.
Furthermore, the results showed that gender, socio-economic status,
family structure and functioning did not play any significant role in the
relationship between parental monitoring and parent-adolescent
communication respectively, and sexual risk-taking behaviours.
