Peer-reviewed article
Parental Attitudes and Behaviors Towards the Prevention of Sexual Violence against Children in a Health Perspective
Nurul Qurrotul Aini, Ika Rizki Anggraini, Aini Alifatin ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This study examined how parents in East Java, Indonesia approach the prevention of sexual violence against school-age children (aged 6-12 years). Researchers surveyed parents about their attitudes and behaviors regarding child sexual violence prevention from a health perspective. The findings show that parents with good attitudes tend to demonstrate good preventive behaviors, though most parents showed only adequate rather than good levels of behavior. The study suggests that parental education level, knowledge, and habits influence their capacity to protect children from sexual violence.
Key points
- 20 respondents showed good behavior in preventing sexual violence, 58 showed adequate behavior, and 3 showed poor behavior
- Parents with good attitudes were more likely to engage in good preventive behaviors
- Most parents demonstrated adequate rather than good attitudes and behaviors toward sexual violence prevention
- Parental education level, knowledge, and habits are factors that influence prevention efforts
- Sexual violence prevention education by parents has not been widely illustrated despite its importance
Limitations
This cross-sectional study describes associations at one point in time and cannot establish causation or explain the mechanisms behind parental attitudes and behaviors. The study does not evaluate the actual effectiveness of parental prevention strategies in reducing child sexual violence.
Abstract
ABSTRACT The role of parents in mentoring the child's growth and development phase is very important. How parents provide sexual education to children has not been widely illustrated, this reality is very concerning, considering that the news exposed today contains a lot about the increase in the level of violence that occurs in children, especially sexual violence. The purpose of this study is to identify parents' attitudes and behaviors towards the prevention of sexual violence in children, especially from a health perspective. This research method uses observational analysis with a cross-sectional study approach. The population and sample were parents who had school-age children (aged 6-12 years) in East Java. The data were taken using a questionnaire containing questions about attitudes and behaviors in terms of the prevention of sexual violence in children carried out by parents and will be analyzed with a chi square test. The results of this study showed that good parental attitudes have a relationship with parental behavior towards the prevention of sexual violence in children in a health perspective with a category of good behavior of 20 respondents, enough 58 respondents, and less 3 respondents. Meanwhile, parents' attitudes are quite good in relationto parental behavior towards the prevention of sexual violence in children in a health perspective with a good category of 6 respondents, enough 43 respondents, and less than 10 respondents. The conclusions of this study show that parents' attitudes in educating and preventing sexual violence against children are influenced by several factors such as education, level of knowledge and parents' habits. Keywords: Attitudes, Behaviors, Parents, Sexual Violence, Children