• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.14 no.8
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• pp.81-91
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• 2016

The purpose of this study is to identify childcare teachers' self-reported perception of child abuse and neglect, reporting procedures, and reporting experience in Korea. The total average score of knowledge in child abuse and neglect was relatively high and most childcare teachers consider child abuse and neglect as a highly serious problem. About eighty six percent daycare teachers perceived reporting legislation toward child abuse and neglect, and most teachers in the study population perceived themselves as mandatory reporters. As the Child Welfare Act included a clause on mandated reporters, childcare teachers' role in intervening in child abuse cases has become more critical. In order to increase childcare teachers' reporting, education program should be designed for childcare teachers to effectively involve them in reporting child abuse and neglect.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare Studies
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• v.48 no.1
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• pp.173-206
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• 2017

The purpose of this meta-analysis was to address two questions: (1) To what extent are types of child abuse related to psycho-social maladjustment of the abused? (2) Do relations found in this study vary by the gender, sample size, year of publication, types of publication, and respondents' age? The materials of this study were based on 14 variables obtained from 104 published and unpublished (doctoral disserations and master's theses) research papers over a span of 26 years(1990-2016). Child abuse related variables were categorized into physical abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, and abuse while psycho-social maladjustment grouped as internal (anxiety, depression, withdrawal, and anxiety/depression) and external problem behaviors(aggression, problem behavior, and delinquency). Major findings were: Medium effect size of emotional abuse, abuse, physical abuse, neglect on psycho-social maladjustment among the abused were calculated. Emotional abuse was highly related to every internal and external problem behaviors. Neglect was found to have higher effect size in external problem behaviors than internal problem behaviors. Publication types moderated the association between types of child abuse and internalization while year of publication, number of samples and publication types showed moderation effects on the relation between types of child abuse and externalization. Finding suggest that future studies on child sexual abuse and those on intervention outcome are required and use of well validated instruments are essential.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2014.11a
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• pp.239-240
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• 2014

2014년 9월 29일부터 아동학대 가해자에게 무기징역까지 처벌을 강화하고, 친권 제한도 가능케 한 '아동학대범죄의 처벌 등에 관한 특례법(아동학대처벌법)'이 시행되고 있다. 동법의 내용으로는 기존 형법상 '3년 이상의 유기징역'에 집행유예가 가능한 학대치사죄에 대해 법정형을 '무기 또는 5년 이상의 징역'으로 높이고 별도의 감경사유가 없는 한 집행유예가 불가능하도록 했다. 아동학대 가해자가 친권자라는 이유로 피해아동을 격리시키기 힘들었던 점을 개선하기 위해 친권을 제한할 수 있는 길을 터놓았다. 부모(친권자)가 중상해를 입히거나 상습적으로 학대한 경우엔 검사가 법원에 친권상실을 청구해야 하며, 검사가 하지 않으면 아동보호전문기관의 장이 청구를 요청할 수 있도록 했다. 본고에서는 아동학대의 실태를 기초로 하여, 아동학대처벌법의 내용과 문제점을 살펴보기로 한다.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.56 no.1
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• pp.71-102
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• 2004

This study is conducted to understand the meanings and nature of the experience of the physically abused children. This is a phenomenological study utilizing van Manen's method to present the children's inner world. The participants for this study were 10 children, in the age of 8 to 12, who were physically abused by their parents. Data were collected by using semi-structured interviews by the workers who regurally contacted children at the service agencies. Data were analyzed by using 'line by line' reflection by two graduate level students and by the researcher. Eight essential themes were drawn and used for the phenomenological understanding which reveals the meanings given by the children experiencing abuse. There were some suggestions for the abuse counsellors based on these findings.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.538-546
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• 2022

For the recent 5 years, the trends showed that the child abuses by parents was declined while that by child care teachers and principals, employees in child welfare institution was increased. In particular, significant increase of child abuses by child care teachers and principals should be paid attention more than the abuse by the others. The government had already enacted the Act on Punishment against Child Abuses in 2014 to respond and prevent from child abuses strongly. However, as the cases of child abuses continued, questions were raised on the effectiveness of the regulation or whether the court performed well to play a role to punish the assailants of child abuses by amended regulations was suspected. This study is aimed to review the application cases of the Act on Punishment against Child Abuses through the precedents of child abuses in child care centers and to analyze how the punishments to assailants have been changed compared to application of Child Welfare Act. This study has the meaning to grasp the incompleteness of legal application on the child abuse cases and provide the basic data to improve the legal and system.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.638-645
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• 2016

This study describes visiting caregivers' perceptions and reporting of elder abuse. From January 13 to February 10, 2014, data were collected from 249 visiting caregivers working at homes by using a structured questionnaire. The caregivers' perceptions of abuse were high overall. Physical abuse was the most common type, followed by financial, verbal, negligence, and emotional abuse. Most visitors recognized that it is important to require reporting for the prevention of elder abuse, but most of them had no experience with reporting abuse, and the agencies that they knew were mostly the police. A majority of the visiting caregivers had attended an elder abuse program and recognized the importance of such programs. The caregivers hoped that the programs would have specific examples of how to deal with elder abuse and family counseling methods, and other practical content for their work. Programs should focus on coping with individual cases, proper counseling methods, and awareness of elder abuse.

• Journal of Digital Contents Society
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.995-1002
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• 2018

The study was intended to identify the factors that affect pediatric nurses' perception toward child abuse and their reporting attitude. The report rate was very low, only 3 (9.1%) of respondents. Most of them did not report, 30(90.9%), and the main causes of non-reporting were not-serious or lack of evidence. The recognition and experience of child abuse depending on the characteristics of nurses in pediatric wards showed a significant difference according to their academic background (X2=16.52, p=.011). The results of the review of the differences in the reported attitudes of child abuse nurses showed a significant difference in the age of nurses in the pediatric ward (X2=13.64, p=.034). Nurses in the pediatric ward are required to develop intervention programs and tools for assessing child abuse, and to provide education and systems for the prevention of child abuse, which will make it necessary for the universal reporting of cases against child abuse and the prevention of child abuse.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.56 no.4
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• pp.291-316
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• 2004

The purpose of this study is to analyze the contents of child abuse counselling cases on the internet in oder to get useful knowledges to understand child abuse and to search an effective system on the internet for child abuse prevention and treatment. The methodology of this study is based on the quantitative contents analysis, which is useful in transforming qualitative raw data into analyzable quantitative data. Fifty five cases were systematically selected from the internet site of child abuse counselling(www.childabuse.or.kr) and were analyzed by the method of contents analysis. As a result of this study, it was found that there were specific tendencies in the child abuse counselling cases on the internet. Three major issues were reported here. As the first result, the category of clients, the path to find the abusive situation, and the motive and purpose to ask the counselling were presented. Secondly, abusive situations and abusive patterns were analyzed. For the last, the characteristics of sex, age, family pattern and family problem, the emotional characteristics, and the psychological and behavioral characteristics of the abused children and the adult survivors of child abuse were reported. Several suggestions were proposed for the improvement of practice and further research of child abuse prevention and treatment.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.553-560
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• 2016

This study examined the specific phenomenon of elder abuse at elderly care hospitals. The relationship between the attitudes of the hospital and elder abuse was also examined. Methods: The participants were from 86 elderly care hospitals. Questionnaires contained structured questions on attitudes, practices and elder abuse-related items. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, and a t-test with SPSS program. Results: The following cases of specific abuse were noted: verbal aggression (39.5%), ignoring requests (24.4%), and threatening communication (22.1%). Furthermore, there were also cases of physical and sexual abuse. With these findings, this study suggested a few implications. Among them, it was stressed that a systematic investigation of elder abuse cases at hospitals be undertaken and the legal response should be regulated by law.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.238-249
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• 2014

The purpose of this study was to understand the perception on elder abuse and intention to reporting in elderly women, and to identify the relationship between them. The participants of the study were 160 elderly Women aged 60 and over visiting 2 senior centers, 2 Buddhist University, 2 sports centers and 1 senior welfare center located in the D city. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire from May 13th to June 6th of 2013. According to the results of this study, first, participants' perception of elder abuse was 2.89 points and, sexual abuse(4.26 points) was the highest score among the abuse sub-items, 38.2% of the intention to report on elder abuse, sexual abuse (79.4%) was the highest as well. Second, from the characteristics of the participants, there were no significant differences the level of perception on elder abuse, but intention to reporting elder abuse was significantly different according to education, marital status, the number of children, cohabitation, the perception of abuse-related Senior Citizens' Welfare Act and the information accessibility form. Third, There was positive correlation between elder abuse perception and intention to reporting. therefore, it is meaningful that the study results will be provided for promoting the notification intention of elderly women who are more vulnerable to abuse and more active coping when Abusive situations arise.