The relationship between parental awareness of sexual abuse and children's skills to say "no".

Autor: Kırbaş ZÖ; Departamento de Enfermería, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Bayburt University, Turkey. Electronic address: ozlemkirbas@bayburt.edu.tr., Şahin E; Departamento de Servicios de Salud, Centro de Formación Profesional İkizce, Ordu University, Turkey.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Anales de pediatria [An Pediatr (Engl Ed)] 2024 Mar; Vol. 100 (3), pp. 180-187. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 07.
DOI: 10.1016/j.anpede.2024.01.013
Abstrakt: Introduction: Child sexual abuse is a global and multidimensional social problem and causes devastating and permanent psychological, emotional, cognitive, behavioural, physical, sexual and interpersonal sequelae. This study examines the relationship between the ability to say "no" and parental awareness of sexual abuse in 4th grade primary school students.
Methods: The study was conducted between April 2022 and June 2022 in primary schools in the central district of a province in north-eastern Turkey. The sample consisted of 310 students enrolled in 4th grade and their parents. We collected the data through a personal information form, the Ability to Say "No" Scale for Children and the Sexual Abuse Awareness Scale for Parents.
Results: There was a weak positive correlation between the mean maternal scores of sexual abuse awareness and the mean scores of refusal and resistance in children (P < .05), as well as a weak positive correlation between the mean paternal scores of sexual abuse awareness and the mean scores of refusal and resistance in children (P < .05).
Conclusion: As mothers' and fathers' awareness of sexual abuse myths and of teachings and actions to combat sexual abuse increased, the refusal of children also increased. Also, as fathers' awareness of the signs of sexual abuse increased, children's refusal increased.
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Databáze: MEDLINE