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Volume 22, Issue 132 (2-2024)
Journal of Psychological Science 2024, 22(132): 249-263 |
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Abdolallahzadehrafi M, Hashemian H, Iranpanah Z. (2024). Evaluation of the frequency of knowledge and skills of first grade students about sexual abuse. Journal of Psychological Science. 22(132), 249-263. doi:10.52547/JPS.22.132.249
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Ph.D Candidate in Counseling, Department of Psychology, Tunkabon Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tunkabon. Iran. , shabanzadeh.mar@gmail.com
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Background: Child sexual abuse is a major public health problem with adverse consequences for victims’ physical, mental, and reproductive health. Therefore, the study of studies based on increasing knowledge, attitudes, and skills in children is a fundamental necessity and a research gap that can be covered by this study.
Aims: This study aimed to investigate the frequency of knowledge and skills of first-grade primary school students about sexual abuse.
Methods: The present study is fundamental in terms of purpose and descriptive cross-sectional in terms of method. The statistical population of the study consisted of all first-year elementary students in Gonabad city in the academic year 2018-2019. The sample consisted of 82 first-grade elementary students who were selected by Cluster sampling. To collect the research data, a questionnaire was used using the questionnaire "What if?" and Wurtele et al (1998). The collected data were analyzed using SPSS.26 software and descriptive indices (frequency and percentage).
Results: The results showed that although the student's knowledge about the complete diagnosis of appropriate touch and inappropriate touch was 72% and 78.8% was relatively high, their performance in the necessary skills for the prevention of sexual abuse was not high. The results showed that the skill of telling sexual abuse was 37.8%, 18.3% in the skill of doing it, and 11% in the skill of expressing and reporting it.
Conclusion: Multilevel prevention programs and strategies, including targeting children with high-risk characteristics, educating young children and their parents about child sexual abuse prevention, and optimizing the involvement of parents, school, community, society, and government in comprehensive sexuality education, should be taken to reduce child sexual abuse among children.
Aims: This study aimed to investigate the frequency of knowledge and skills of first-grade primary school students about sexual abuse.
Methods: The present study is fundamental in terms of purpose and descriptive cross-sectional in terms of method. The statistical population of the study consisted of all first-year elementary students in Gonabad city in the academic year 2018-2019. The sample consisted of 82 first-grade elementary students who were selected by Cluster sampling. To collect the research data, a questionnaire was used using the questionnaire "What if?" and Wurtele et al (1998). The collected data were analyzed using SPSS.26 software and descriptive indices (frequency and percentage).
Results: The results showed that although the student's knowledge about the complete diagnosis of appropriate touch and inappropriate touch was 72% and 78.8% was relatively high, their performance in the necessary skills for the prevention of sexual abuse was not high. The results showed that the skill of telling sexual abuse was 37.8%, 18.3% in the skill of doing it, and 11% in the skill of expressing and reporting it.
Conclusion: Multilevel prevention programs and strategies, including targeting children with high-risk characteristics, educating young children and their parents about child sexual abuse prevention, and optimizing the involvement of parents, school, community, society, and government in comprehensive sexuality education, should be taken to reduce child sexual abuse among children.
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Received: 2023/11/28 | Accepted: 2024/02/9 | Published: 2024/02/20
Received: 2023/11/28 | Accepted: 2024/02/9 | Published: 2024/02/20
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