The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education (한국간호교육학회지)

The Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education (한국간호교육학회)
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Child Abuse Awareness and Reporting Intention among Nursing and Education Students

간호대학생과 교육대학생의 아동학대에 대한 인식과 신고의도

  • Jeong, Yeseul (College of Nursing, Seoul National University) ;
  • Jang, Sang-Youn (College of Nursing, Seoul National University) ;
  • Song, Min Kyung (College of Nursing, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kum, Da Jeong (College of Nursing, Seoul National University) ;
  • Park, Sae Eun (College of Nursing, Seoul National University) ;
  • Bang, Kyung-Sook (College of Nursing.The Research Institute of Nursing Science, Seoul National University)
  • 정예슬 (서울대학교 간호대학) ;
  • 장상윤 (서울대학교 간호대학) ;
  • 송민경 (서울대학교 간호대학) ;
  • 금다정 (서울대학교 간호대학) ;
  • 박세은 (서울대학교 간호대학) ;
  • 방경숙 (서울대학교 간호대학.간호과학연구소)
  • Received : 2019.01.14
  • Accepted : 2019.04.12
  • Published : 2019.05.31
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Abstract

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate child abuse awareness and reporting intention among nursing and education students and correlations among the variables involved. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted by administering an online questionnaire to 70 nursing college students and 70 education college students. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, chi-squared test, the Mann-Whitney U test, and Pearson's correlation in SPSS 21.0 (IBM, Armonk, NY). Results: The mean score of child abuse awareness was $3.61{\pm}0.32$ for nursing students and $3.60{\pm}0.36$ for education students. The mean score of reporting intention was $5.65{\pm}0.90$ for nursing students and $5.38{\pm}1.03$ for education students. Females presented higher scores than males in the awareness of sexual abuse. The awareness of emotional abuse was higher in students who knew of reporting obligations or who had experienced abuse. Child abuse awareness and reporting intention were significantly positively correlated. Also, the number of times having received child abuse education was correlated with reporting intention in both mild and severe cases of abuse. Conclusion: Reporting intention is not only related to having received education, but also to the frequency of that education. Child abuse education is important to increase reporting intention and should be delivered repeatedly.

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Table 1. Characteristics and Homogeneity test of Nursing College Students and Education College Students

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Table 2. Differences in Child Abuse Awareness and Reporting Intention according to College

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Table 4. Correlations among the Frequency of Child Abuse Related Education, Child Abuse Awareness, and Reporting Intention

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Table 5. Experience of Child Abuse Related Education and Educational Needs

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Table 3. Differences in Child Abuse Awareness and Reporting Intention according to General Characteristics

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