Korean Parent-Child Health Journal (부모자녀건강학회지)
- Volume 12 Issue 2
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- Pages.107-118
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- 2009
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- 1229-263X(pISSN)
Relationship between Child Abuse Experience of Childhood and Child Abuse Perception in College Students
대학생의 아동기 학대경험과 아동학대 인식간의 관계연구
- Moon, Jin-Ha (Department of Nursing, Yeoju Institute of Technology)
- 문진하 (여주대학 간호과)
- Published : 2009.12.31
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe the relationship between child abuse experience of childhood and child abuse perception in college students. Methods: The subjects of this study were 231 college students by convenience sampling. The collected data were processed using SPSS program and analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation. Results: 93.1% of the college students were abused by their parents during childhood. Child abuse perception was very high with a mean score of 3.22(range 0~4). Child abuse perception was significantly different according to gender, major, perception of frequency for child abuse. There was a significantly negative correlation between child abuse experience and physical abuse perception. Conclusion: It is suggested that intervention programs to enhance child abuse perception will help reduce child abuse.