1. Parents' role in child sexual abuse prevention
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Krajačić, Lana, Bartulović, Marija, and Horvat, Zoran
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prevencija ,preventivni programi ,SOCIAL SCIENCES. Pedagogy. Family Pedagogy ,roditelji ,prevention programmes ,prevention ,child sexual abuse (CSA) ,parents ,DRUŠTVENE ZNANOSTI. Pedagogija. Obiteljska pedagogija ,seksualno zlostavljanje djece (SZD) - Abstract
Uključivanje roditelja u prevenciju seksualnog zlostavljanja djece (SZD) od velike je važnosti jer osim što dijete mogu poučiti kako se zaštititi, roditelji mogu nadzirati djetetove aktivnosti i ljude s kojima dijete provodi vrijeme. Razumijevanjem na koji su način roditelji uključeni u prevenciju i rano otkrivanje SZD, može pomoći u poboljšavanju kvalitete preventivnih programa. Cilj ovog rada bio je ispitati znanja, stavove i vještine roditelja vezanih uz prevenciju SZD. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 419 roditelja u rasponu od 20 do 57 godina koji imaju djecu stariju od 18 godina. Zadatak sudionika je bio riješiti test znanja o SZD, a zatim na skali od pet stupnjeva procijeniti svoje stavove vezane uz obrazovne programe prevencije SZD i vlastite vještine vezane uz prevenciju SZD. Roditelji su postigli visoke rezultate na testu znanja i gotovo na svim dimenzijama vještina prevencije SZD, posebice na dimenziji uključenosti koja obuhvaća vrlo učinkovite preventivne postupke. Pokazuju visoku razinu pozitivnog stava prema obrazovnim programima prevencije SZD i najčešće koriste knjige i preventivne programe kao izvore informacija za pomoć pri razgovoru s djecom o SZD, što pokazuje njihovu otvorenost ka učenju. Sve to govori da roditelji žele postati saveznici u prevenciji problema SZD, no za obnašanje uloge ipak traže podršku i to od odgojno-obrazovnih ustanova. Inclusion of parents in child sexual abuse (CSA) prevention is extremely important. This enables parents to teach children how to protect themselves, as well as supervise children's activities and people that children spend time with. Understanding how parents are included in CSA prevention and early detection could also be beneficial in improving the quality of CSA prevention education. Aim of this research was to examine parents' knowledge, attitudes and skills concerning CSA prevention. A total of 419 parents at the age between 20 and 57 years whose children are younger than 18 years participated in the study. Participants completed the CSA knowledge test, followed by self-assessment on a five-point scale regarding their attitudes towards prevention of CSA and skills concerning CSA prevention. Participants achieved high results on the knowledge test as well as on the skills scale, especially on the involvement dimension. Additionally, participants have highly positive attitudes towards CSA prevention education. They mostly use books and prevention programmes as a way to help start the conversation about CSA. This implies participants' openness to learning. In other words, parents would like to become allies in preventing CSA but they seek for support in conducting their role from educational institutions. more...
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- 2022