Perceptions of Child Abuse among the Undergraduate students in Korea Jeon Misoon* Dept. of Nursing, Baekseok University, 76 Munam-ro, Dongnam-gu Cheonan-si, Chungnam, 31065, Republic of Korea *Corresponding Author: Misoon Jeon, Dept. of Nursing, Baekseok University, 76 Munam-ro, Dongnam-gu Cheonan-si, Chungnam, 31065, Republic of Korea, Email: jms@bu.ac.kr
Online published on 8 August, 2019. Abstract This study was conducted to analyze the level of perceptions of child by college students. The data was collected from 200 undergraduate students in B universities located in Chungnam by structural questionnaire from May to June, 2017. Parent-Child Conflicative Tactics Scales (CTSPC) developed by Straus was used to understand the perception of child abuse by college students. Data were analyzed using SPSS 18.0. The results show that the average score for child abuse among undergraduate students were 0.81 of 1, respectively. Among the sub-domains of child abuse, physical abuse was 0.89, violent discipline was 0.78, neglect was 0.63, and emotional abuse was 0.44 of 1. And there was significant differences in the perceptions of child abuse among the department (F=7.009, p<.001) and the grade (F=5.676, p=.001). There was significant differences in the perceptions of child abuse among the willingness to report child abuse (t=2.102, p=.037). Therefore, It is necessary to develop education programs to prevent of child abuse and respect for human beings. Top Keywords Perception, Child abuse, Violent discipline, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Neglect. Top |