Korean Journal of Child Studies (아동학회지)

Korean Association of Child Studies (한국아동학회)
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The Factors Influencing Elementary School Teachers' Reporting Intention and Behavior in Relation to Child Abuse

초등학교 교사의 아동학대 신고 의도 및 행동에 영향을 미치는 요인

  • Kim, Soo Jung (Department of Child Welfare, Sookmyung Women's University) ;
  • Lee, Jae Yeon (Department of Child Welfare, Sookmyung Women's University)
  • 김수정 (숙명여자대학교 아동복지학과) ;
  • 이재연 (숙명여자대학교 아동복지학과)
  • Received : 2013.02.25
  • Accepted : 2013.06.13
  • Published : 2013.06.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the factors associated with reporting intention and behavior in relation to child abuse among elementary school teachers in Korea based on the Theory of Planned Behavior. The Scale, which includes demographics, preparation level of training, school characteristics, reporting-related behavior, reporting intention, knowledge, attitudes, subjective norms, and self-efficacy, was used to collect the data. A total of 292 teachers provided data. The result of this study is as follows. First, even though the teachers had suspected the child abuse, 16.3% of them reported, whilst 83.7% of them did not. In terms of teachers' reporting intention, the vignettes of very serious cases were higher than the vignettes of less serious cases. The teachers' reporting intention of sexual abuse was the highest among the types of child abuse, and it was followed by physical abuse, neglect and emotional abuse. Second, knowledge, attitudes, subjective norms, and self-efficacy, all of these variables had positive impacts on teachers' reporting intention. Meanwhile, self-efficacy, reporting intention, and the support level of specialists also had positive impacts on reporting behavior. Additionally, women or postgraduate teachers had a higher possibility to make a report than men or undergraduate teachers. These findings suggest that increasing self-efficacy through education and more thorough training about identifying and reporting on child abuse is more important than anything else for detecting abused children at an early stage.

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