일 지역 학령전기 아동 성폭력예방에 관한 조사연구

A Study on the Prevention of Sexual Abuse Against Preschool-Aged Children in a Community Area

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the degree of parental education for preschoolers’ sexual abuse (PSA) prevention and the appropriateness of the education topics for PSA prevention on parents in G city. Methods: Participants were 139 parents (64 fathers, 75 mothers) of preschoolers. Data were collected by a self-administered questionnaire conducted from April 22 to 24, 2013, and analyzed using prevalence rate, mean score, independent samples t-test, and one-way ANOVA with the SPSS 20.0 software. Results: The prevalence rate of parental education for PSA prevention was 62.6%. The prevailing parental education method was communication with children (87.0%). The mean score of parental education for PSA prevention was 2.60±1.05, while the appropriateness of the education topics for PSA prevention was 4.43±0.55. In addition, parental education for PSA prevention was significantly different from previous participation in parental education (t=3.07, p =.003). Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that more effective education for the prevention of child sexual abuse can be obtained by developing and offering programs that allow parents to educate themselves through the selection of educational subjects related to the prevention of sexual abuse of preschoolers.