Psychoeducation on Reproductive Health as Self-protection from Sexual Violence for 5- to 6-year-old Children

DOI

10.2991/iciap-17.2018.20How to use a DOI?

Keywords

child sexual abuse; observational learning; prevention; sex education; psychoeducation

Abstract

This study aims to determine the effectiveness of a reproductive health psychoeducation program to enhance knowledge and ability of self-protection from sexual violence for children aged 5 - 6 years old. A total of 13 children participated in a reproductive health psychoeducation program using observational learning approach. Children’s knowledge and ability to protect themselves from sexual violence were measured by sexual violence prevention knowledge, knowledge on appropriate and inappropriate touches, and ability to respond verbally and non-verbally. Research was conducted using before and after design. A statistical test using Wilcoxon signed rank shows a significant difference in three items being measured after intervention. This result means that the reproductive health psychoeducation program is effective to enhance knowledge on sexual violence prevention, improve the ability to recognize inappropriate touches, and increase the ability to respond verbally and non-verbally.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Siska Konda A. Melontige
AU  - Frieda M. Mangunsong
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TI  - Psychoeducation on Reproductive Health as Self-protection from Sexual Violence for 5- to 6-year-old Children
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Intervention and Applied Psychology (ICIAP 2017)
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