Table 3.

Multiple Regression Model for Variables Predicting Sexual Communication with Parents

Variable	Unstandardized Coefficients		Standardized Coefficients		Sig.
	B	Std. Error	Beta	t
Teen characteristics
Female	0.287	0.081	0.188	3.563	.000
Age	−0.089	0.082	−0.058	−1.085	.279
Parent characteristics
Education	−0.019	0.015	−0.097	−1.279	.202
Age	−0.009	0.007	−0.072	−1.311	.191
Mother	0.086	0.111	0.042	0.775	.439
Spirituality Practices	−0.044	0.018	−0.128	−2.438	.015
Spirituality Beliefs	−0.006	0.025	−0.013	−0.251	.802
Permissive parent	−0.164	0.105	−0.1	−1.566	.118
Authoritarian	−0.106	0.112	−0.059	−0.947	.345
Authoritative (responsive) parent	−0.009	0.091	−0.006	−0.103	.918
Family contextual variables
Social class	0.014	0.01	0.106	1.378	.169
One child family	−0.064	0.104	−0.032	−0.614	.540
Single family	0.135	0.107	0.068	1.26	.208
Parental closeness	0.193	0.111	0.095	1.746	.082
Teen sexual behaviors
Teen’s pre-sexual behavior	0.054	0.028	0.105	1.899	.058
Parental perception on teen sexual activity	0.096	0.049	0.109	1.973	.049