https://medical.advancedresearchpublications.com/ojs-3.1.2-4/index.php/IndianJ-YouthandAdolescentHeatlh Advanced Research Publications en-US Indian Journal of Youth and Adolescent Health (E-ISSN: 2349-2880) 2349-2880 https://medical.advancedresearchpublications.com/ojs-3.1.2-4/index.php/IndianJ-YouthandAdolescentHeatlh/article/view/5117 <p>Background: Proper maternal guidance, trust, and availability will foster adolescents’ emotional growth, academic success, and social relationships. This study was conducted to determine the adolescents’ perceived maternal expertise, trustworthiness, and accessibility.<br>Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 261 adolescents from 11th and 12th grades. Data were collected using baseline information forms and the Perceived Maternal Expertise, Trustworthiness, and Accessibility scale for adolescents.<br>Results: Adolescents rated maternal expertise and maternal trustworthiness at relatively high levels. In contrast, maternal accessibility’s mean was appreciably lower and its variance was larger. The adolescents perceived maternal expertise and trustworthiness were strongly positively correlated. Meanwhile, expertise correlated moderately with accessibility, and trustworthiness correlated modestly with accessibility. The adolescents perceived maternal expertise, trustworthiness, and accessibility were significantly associated with the expectation of open communication from parents on sexual and reproductive health.<br>Conclusion: The findings confirm that mothers are broadly seen as expert and trustworthy but are less consistently perceived as accessible to adolescents. Moreover, adolescents’ perceptions of maternal expertise, trustworthiness, and accessibility showed significant association with adolescents’ expectations of open communication. Efforts to ensure real access with respect to time, space, privacy, and consistency are essential for strengthening healthy adolescent development and for open, meaningful parent-adolescent communication.</p> <p><strong>DOI:</strong> https://doi.org/10.24321/2349.2880.202601</p> <p><strong>How to cite this article:</strong><br>Matthew S, Subrahmanyam N. Perceived Maternal Expertise, Trustworthiness and Accessibility in Parent-Adolescent Communication Among Adolescents. Ind J Youth Adol Health. 2026;13(1):19-26.</p> Sijimol Mathew Namitha Subrahmanyam Copyright (c) 2026 Indian Journal of Youth and Adolescent Health (E-ISSN: 2349-2880) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 2026-05-07 2026-05-07 13 1 4 11 https://medical.advancedresearchpublications.com/ojs-3.1.2-4/index.php/IndianJ-YouthandAdolescentHeatlh/article/view/5101 <p><strong>Health Camp Organized under Swasth Nari Sashakt Parivar Abhiyan at GMCH-32 in collaboration with IAAH, Chandigarh branch </strong></p> <p>The “Swasth Naari Sashakt Parivar” Abhiyan was launched at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, Chandigarh, as part of a national initiative to promote women’s health and nutrition, thereby strengthening family and community health outcomes. The programme is being observed from <strong>17th September to 2nd October 2025.</strong></p> Prof. (Dr.) Jugal Kishore Copyright (c) 2026 Indian Journal of Youth and Adolescent Health (E-ISSN: 2349-2880) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 2026-05-07 2026-05-07 13 1 1 3