Victimization prevention programs for children

A follow-up

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11038314
AutoresDavid Finkelhor (0000-0001-7008-4252, University of New Hampshire), Nancy L Asdigian (0000-0001-6168-6761), N Asdigian, Jennifer Dziuba-Leatherman
Ano1995
Volume85
Fascículo12
Páginas1684-1689
Data de publicação1995-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditoraAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.85.12.1684
PMID7503345
OpenAlexW2001066775
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências citadas12

OBJECTIVE. This study examined whether victimization prevention instruction in school has any impact on children's behavior in situations of real victimization threat. METHODS. Telephone interviews were conducted in 1992 with a nationally representative sample of youths aged 10 to 16 and their caretakers, and the experience of 1457 of these children was followed up more than a year later. RESULTS. Exposure to a more comprehensive prevention program was not associated with reduced incidence of victimization, injury, or upset. However, some of the exposure conditions were associated with an increased likelihood that the children would disclose victimizations, an increased likelihood that they would see themselves as having successfully protected themselves, and a decreased likelihood that they would blame themselves for the episode. Exposed children acquired some knowledge about sexual abuse and, when actually confronted by a threat, an ability to do the things they had been taught. A nonsignificant trend was also noted toward increased injury for exposed children during sexual assaults. CONCLUSION. These mixed findings suggest that prevention educators need to plan programs based on realistic goals for what can be accomplished

Environmental health · Family medicine · Injury prevention · Occupational safety and health · Pathology · Poison control · Suicide prevention · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Child Abuse and Trauma · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies