Department of Counseling Psychology and Human Services, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA.
Center for the Prevention of Abuse and Neglect, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States of America.
J Child Sex Abus. 2023 Jul-Dec;32(8):979-996. doi: 10.1080/10538712.2023.2277325. Epub 2023 Dec 14.
This exploratory study investigated group differences and pre-post changes in knowledge, beliefs, and behavior by mandatory reporters and Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) survivor status for a CSA prevention training designed for the general public. Of the 8,114 study participants, 32% identified as having experienced CSA, and 77% indicated they were mandatory reporters for child abuse and neglect. Mandatory reporters had higher baseline knowledge about CSA than those who were not mandatory reporters and reported more CSA preventative behaviors. Mandatory reporters continued to have higher levels of knowledge following the training. Survivors of CSA also had higher baseline knowledge about CSA and preventative behavior scores than individuals who are not survivors of CSA. Unlike mandatory reporters, they experienced fewer increases in knowledge. At posttest, there was no evidence of a difference in knowledge between CSA survivors and non-CSA survivors. For items related to beliefs, mandatory reporters had higher baseline scores than other participants. However, they had smaller gains, so mandatory reporters and non-mandatory reporters had more similar beliefs related to CSA after the training. There were few differences between CSA survivors and non-survivors on baseline beliefs related to CSA, though CSA survivors reported greater increases in beliefs that CSA prevention is their responsibility and in the idea that they know what to do to prevent CSA. These results have significant results for the development and evaluation of trauma-informed prevention programming.
本探索性研究调查了为公众设计的 CSA 预防培训中强制报告者和 CSA 幸存者身份的群体差异以及知识、信念和行为的前后变化。在 8114 名研究参与者中，32%的人表示经历过 CSA，77%的人表示他们是虐待和忽视儿童的强制报告者。与非强制报告者相比，强制报告者在 CSA 方面的基线知识更高，并且报告了更多的 CSA 预防行为。强制报告者在培训后仍然具有更高的知识水平。CSA 的幸存者在 CSA 知识和预防行为方面的基线得分也高于非幸存者。与强制报告者不同，他们的知识增长较少。在测试后，CSA 幸存者和非 CSA 幸存者之间没有证据表明知识存在差异。对于与信念相关的项目，强制报告者的基线得分高于其他参与者。然而，他们的收益较小，因此培训后，强制报告者和非强制报告者在与 CSA 相关的信念方面更为相似。在与 CSA 相关的基线信念方面，CSA 幸存者和非幸存者之间几乎没有差异，尽管 CSA 幸存者报告称，他们在预防 CSA 是他们的责任方面的信念以及他们知道如何预防 CSA 的信念方面的信念增加了更多。这些结果对创伤知情预防计划的制定和评估具有重要意义。
