Evaluation of mother knowledge in preventing child sexual abuse

Abstract

This study examines the impact on the knowledge ofkindergarten-aged children's mothers, who attended a workshop on the issues and prevention of sexual abuse toward children as well as children's sex education. At the same time the children attended a class on the prevention of sexual abuse in school. Mothers and children were assigned to three groups according to the training received: experimental (mothers and children receive training), Control I (children only receive training) and Control II (mothers and children receive no training). All mothers participating in the study were given a questionnaire about their knowledge before and after the experimental group received treatment. The results show that the experimental group mothers improved their knowledge due to their participation in this training. No change in knowledge appears for mothers whose children participated in a prevention program. Resume Cette recherche evalue l'impact, au niveau des connaissances des meres d'enfants de maternelle, d'une formation portant sur la problematique et la prevention de l'abus sexuel a l'egard des enfants ainsi que sur l'education sexuelle infantile. Les enfants participent parallelement a un programme de prevention des abus sexuels en milieu scolaire. Les meres et leur enfant sont repartis en trois groupes selon la formation recue : experimental (les meres et les enfants recoivent une formation), contr6le I (seulement les enfants participent a une formation) et controle II (les meres et les enfants n 'ont aucune formation). Toutes les meres de I 'etude repondent aun questionnaire sur les connaissances adeux moments (avant et apres la formation donnee aux meres du groupe experimental). Les resultats demontrent que les meres du groupe experimental ameliorent leurs connaissances a la suite de leur participation a la formation. Aucun changement n 'apparait chez les meres dont seulement les enfants participent a un programme de prevention. ResumenEste estudio evalua el efecto sobre las madres de niiios de edad pre-escolar y de la instruccion de prevencion del abuso sexual del nino y la educacion sexual infantil. Los niiios de los participantes tomaron parte en un programa paralelo en la escuela sobre la prevencion de abuso sexual. Dividieron a los participantes en tres grupos segun la instruccion recibida: grupo de entrenamiento (tanto las madres como los niiios reciben instruccion), grupo de control I (solamente los nihos reciben la instruccion) y grupo de control II (ni madres ni los nihos reciben instruccion). Todas las madres en el estudio completaron un cuestionario sobre su conocimiento del tema dos veces-antes y despues de la instruccion dada al grupo del entrenamiento. Los INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EARLY CHILDHOOD 32(2). ISSN 0020-7187 83 resultados demuestran que el grupo del entrenamiento mejoro su conocimiento despues de haber participado en el taller. Ningun cambio fue notado en el conocimiento de las madres que no recibieron la instruccion pero que sus niiios participaron en un programa de prevencion.

Child sexual abuse prevention involving mothers: A Quasi‐experimental study with Protection Motivation Theory‐based intervention

“…The intense demands of modern society on mothers necessitates the effective management of time (Miller‐Perrin & Perrin, 2012) and interventions that focus on specific groups like mothers can support them with need‐based training since they play a crucial role in child protection. It is evident that when both fathers and mothers are involved in prevention programs mothers are prompter and more involved in the programs than fathers (Neana et al, 2015; Tremblay & Begin, 2000; Tutty, 1993; Wurtele & Kenny, 2010). Mothers are found to have more knowledge and the right attitude towards CSA prevention than fathers (Jin et al, 2018).…”

“…The sexual content hinders open communication between mother and the child (Walsh et al, 2012). Studies involving mothers have been encouraging and positive for knowledge gains and right attitudes about CSA as they are more willing and prepared to discuss sexual topics compared to fathers (Campis et al, 1989; Elrod & Rubin, 1993; Kaushik & Daniel, 2017; Neana et al,, 2015; Tremblay & Begin, 2000; Yossif & Elbahnasawy, 2016).…”