Abstract: Parents are the first sex educators for their children. Research on parent-adolescent communication about sexuality could be traced back to 1970s， and recently have been the new focus in the field of adolescent sexology and reproductive health. In this article， we reviewed the status of parent?鄄child communication on sexｕａｌｉｔｙ， ｔｈｅ ｉｎｆｌｕｅｎｃｉｎｇ ｆａｃｔｏｒｓ， as well as ｔｈｅ ｉｍｐａｃｔ ｏｆ ｃｏｍｍｕｎｉｃａｔｉｏｎ ｏｎ ａｄｏｌｅｓｃｅｎｔｓ’ ｓｅｘｕａｌ ａｔｔｉｔｕｄｅｓ ａｎｄ ｂｅｈａｖｉｏｒｓ， which provided scientific information for Chinese scientists to develop research in this field.

Key words: Adolescent, Parent?鄄child communication, Sexual behavior, Sexual attitude