Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse in China: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Communication Practices of Parents of Elementary School Children

Autor/inn/en	Chen, JingQi; Dunne, Michael P.; Han, Ping
Titel	Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse in China: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Communication Practices of Parents of Elementary School Children
Quelle	In: Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 31 (2007) 7, S.747-755 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0145-2134
DOI	10.1016/j.chiabu.2006.12.013
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Grade 3; Prevention; Knowledge Level; Elementary School Students; Elementary Schools; Child Abuse; Sexual Abuse; Parent Attitudes; Child Safety; Child Welfare; Parent Education; Parent Influence; Parent Child Relationship; Questionnaires; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Wissensbasis; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Sexueller Missbrauch; Elternverhalten; Kindeswohl; Parents education; Elternbildung; Elternschule; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Fragebogen
Abstract	Objective: Active involvement by parents may contribute substantially to the success of school-based programs to prevent child sexual abuse (CSA). In China, little is known about parental understanding of CSA. This study investigated Chinese parents' knowledge, attitudes, and communication practices with their children about CSA. Method: Six hundred and fifty-two parents of Grade 3 pupils of seven elementary schools in Jingzhou city, Hubei province (central China), completed an anonymous questionnaire (response rate = 81%). Results: More than 95% of respondents agreed that elementary schools should provide programs to prevent CSA and were willing to have their children participate in such programs. Although nearly all parents talked with their children about stranger danger, they were much less likely to talk specifically about sexual abuse. Many parents personally lacked basic knowledge about characteristics of perpetrators, the sexual abuse of boys, and nonphysical consequences of CSA. About half (46.8%) expressed some concern that CSA preventive education could cause their children to know "too much about sex." Contrary to expectations from research in western nations, parents who talked with their children about CSA did not have better knowledge or more supportive attitudes to CSA prevention than did parents who said they never discussed CSA with their children. Conclusion: This study confirms and extends two recent surveys indicating strong support for the concept of school-based CSA prevention in China. However, given the apparently low levels of knowledge about CSA, even among those who talk about this problem with their children, future prevention programs should include community-wide efforts to educate adults to ensure that parental advice is accurate and hopefully, effective. (Author).
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