Cultural Values, Mother-Adolescent Discussions About Sex, and Latina/o Adolescents' Condom Use Attitudes and Intentions

We examined whether cultural values and mother-adolescent discussions about sexual topics were associated with Latina/o adolescents' condom use attitudes and intentions. Latina/o adolescents (N = 128) completed surveys that assessed Latina/o cultural values (familismo, traditional gender roles), acculturation, mother-adolescent discussions about sexual topics, and condom use attitudes and intentions. In regression analyses, we found that traditional gender roles predicted condom use attitudes and intentions, and familismo predicted condom use attitudes. Traditional gender roles also moderated the relation between mother-adolescent discussions about sexual topics and condom use attitudes. These findings suggest that adolescent sexual health prevention programs may have a different impact on Latina/o adolescents' sexual health, depending on family and cultural factors.