Coping Appraisal and Parents' Intentions to Inform Their Children About Sexual Abuse: A Protection Motivation Theory Analysis

Campis, Leslie K.; Prentice‐Dunn, Steven; Lyman, Robert D.

doi:10.1521/jscp.1989.8.3.304

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“…Some were effective in increasing parent's communication with children about CSA prevention issues (Burgess and Wurtele, 1998;Reppucci et al, 1994;Wurtele et al, 2008). Other programmes improved parents perception of risk of abuse to their children (Burgess and Wurtele, 1998;Campis et al, 1989). On the other hand, there were also studies which showed that interventions such as workshops did not make a signifi cant difference in knowledge and attitudes (Berrick, 1988;Herbert et al, 2002) and even found that there was less discussion by parents with children post-programme intervention (Nibert et al, 1989).…”

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“…The majority of participants in the studies were women, ranging from 61 per cent (Finkelhor, 1984) to 100 per cent (Campis et al, 1989). Exceptions to this were the studies which sampled almost equally from both genders, including the studies by Elrod and Rubin (1993) with 51 per cent females and 49 per cent males, Mathoma et al (2006) with 56 per cent females and 44 per cent males and Rheingold et al (2007) with 57 per cent females and 43 per cent males.…”

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Parents' knowledge, attitudes and practices about preventing child sexual abuse: a literature review

Babatsikos

2010

Child Abuse Review

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Increased concern about high rates of child sexual abuse has led to the demand for more prevention programmes, particularly those aimed at parents. Research on how parents manage and reduce the risk of child sexual abuse can help plan programmes. This literature review explores published research on the knowledge, attitudes and practices of parents on the risk and prevention of child sexual abuse and identifi es gaps and needs for further research. The majority of studies reviewed originated in North America and Asia, were quantitative, surveyed mainly mothers and were more than ten years old. Recommendations are made for more current and country specifi c research, further research to gain a deeper understanding of how parents manage the risk of child sexual abuse, more comprehensive research covering a range of knowledge, attitude and practice variables, and greater inclusion of fathers in research. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.KEY WORDS: child sexual abuse; parents; prevention T here is an increasing recognition in child protection practice that parents and other adults should be actively engaged in the primary prevention of child sexual abuse (CSA) (Anderson et al., 2004;Reppucci et al., 2005;Resofsky, 2007). In order to develop effective programmes for parents, it is important to understand how parents perceive and respond to the risk of sexual abuse, that is, what their knowledge, attitudes and practices are in regard to the risk of sexual abuse to their children. This paper provides a review of research which describes how parents manage the risk of CSA and discusses further research needed to inform the development of prevention programmes for parents. Georgia Babatsikos* Method of Literature ReviewThis review examined published primary research which explored knowledge, attitudes and practices of parents on the prevention of CSA, including primary research focusing on parental knowledge, attitude and practice, as well as evaluations of CSA prevention programmes for parents which assessed some aspect of parental knowledge, attitudes and practices.

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Parents' knowledge, attitudes and practices about preventing child sexual abuse: a literature review

Babatsikos

2010

Child Abuse Review

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“…Some parents express concern that the topic might frighten their children (Deblinger et al, 2010), or lead to their children knowing 'too much about sex' (Chen and Chen, 2005;Chen et al, 2007). Lack of confi dence in their ability to discuss CSA with their children was a major deterrent mentioned by parents in several studies (Campis et al, 1989;Porch and Petretic-Jackson, 1986;Wurtele et al, 2008). There appears to be a large demand for enhancing parents' confi dence and skills in educating their children about sexual abuse and providing them with parent-friendly materials to do so.…”

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Partnering with parents to prevent childhood sexual abuse

Wurtele

Kenny

2010

Child Abuse Review

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Although research demonstrates that child-focused sexual abuse prevention programmes can teach children personal safety knowledge and skills, childhood sexual abuse (CSA) prevention programmes that involve parents have a number of distinct advantages. The more knowledge parents have about CSA, the greater likelihood they can create safer environments for their children and thus prevent the occurrence of sexual exploitation. Research has demonstrated that parents lack crucial information about CSA and can benefi t from even brief educational efforts. This paper will identify potential barriers to participation and offer practical suggestions for enhancing both recruitment and retention rates. Recommendations for parent education programmes are offered, including improving parents' confi dence and skills in educating their children about CSA, providing them with parent-friendly materials to use and developing Internet applications.

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“…It was originally introduced by Rogers (1975Rogers ( , 1983 in an attempt to explain how individuals change their health attitudes and behaviours in response to health-risk messages. PMT has been applied widely to general health issues (Mesters et al 1994, Flynn et al 1995, food safety (Schafer et al 1993), safer-sex behaviours (Ahia 1991), environmental hazards (Vaughn 1993), prevention of nuclear war (Axelrod and Newton 1991) and child protection (Campis et al 1989). However, no research has previously explored how people attempt to engage in behaviour in response to the potential threats of virus attacks, whether of the human health or computer health variety.…”

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Keeping our network safe: a model of online protection behaviour

Lee

LaRose

Rifon

2008

Behaviour & Information Technology

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The objective of this study is to develop and test a model of online protection behaviour, particularly regarding the use of virus protection. Hypotheses are proposed concerning the predictors of the intention to engage in virus protection behaviour. Using a survey of 273 college students who use the Internet, a test of the hypotheses is conducted using multiple regression analysis. The result suggests that perceived self-efficacy in using virus protection measures, perceived response efficacy of virus protective measures, positive outcome expectations of virus protection measures, perceived vulnerability to virus threats and prior virus infection experiences were the most important predictors of the intention to adopt virus protection behaviour. The conclusion is that those who are in charge of information security management should not only concentrate their efforts into increasing individuals' awareness of the likelihood of virus attacks, but also conduct interventions aimed at increasing self-efficacy and response efficacy beliefs.

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Coping Appraisal and Parents' Intentions to Inform Their Children About Sexual Abuse: A Protection Motivation Theory Analysis

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Parents' knowledge, attitudes and practices about preventing child sexual abuse: a literature review

Parents' knowledge, attitudes and practices about preventing child sexual abuse: a literature review

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Keeping our network safe: a model of online protection behaviour

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