• Korean Journal of Child Studies
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.77-89
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• 2003

The relationship of communicative intent of infants and the conversation style of mothers were investigated with 20 mothers and their 2- and 3-year old children. They conversed in naturalistic settings while playing with Lego blocks. Cluster analyses revealed 2 maternal styles: a conversation-eliciting and a directive style. Children of conversation-eliciting mothers provided more information than those of directive mothers. Children of directive mother requested more permission than those of conversation-eliciting mothers. Implications of these two maternal styles for children's communicative abilities were discussed.

• Journal of the Korean Society of School Health
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.93-102
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• 2017

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify the factors that influence the practices and the intentions of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among adolescent daughters' mothers. The focus is on the mothers' HPV knowledge and sex-related communication with their daughters. Methods: The participants were 298 mothers with middle or high school student daughters. Participants were conveniently selected from a mothers' association and churches in Seoul, Cheonan and Asan city. Information on their demographics, HPV vaccination-related knowledge, sex-related communication, and intention of receiving HPV vaccination were obtained through questionnaires. The results were analyzed using descriptive statistics, the $x^2$ test and logistic regression with SPSS for Windows 21.0 software. Results: The rate of HPV vaccination, the awareness of the HPV vaccine and the rate of giving correct answers to HPV knowledge questions were 13.1%. 84.6%, and 36.3%, respectively. The factors that influenced HPV vaccination most were their family history of cervical cancer, educational backgrounds and awareness of the HPV vaccine. The intention to receive HPV vaccination was mainly influenced by HPV knowledge. However, sex-related communication did not affect the mothers' intention of obtaining HPV vaccination. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that strategies to educate mothers with adolescent daughters on HPV are necessary. In addition, this study strongly recommends further studies be planned to examine sex-related communication between mothers and daughters.