KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE REGARDING CHILD ABUSE AND ITS IMPACT ON LIFE OF CHILDREN AMONG PARENTS OF UNDER-FIVE

Mrs. Anitha Jesu Jacob

Volume : VIII, Issue : VI, June - 2019

KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE REGARDING CHILD ABUSE AND ITS IMPACT ON LIFE OF CHILDREN AMONG PARENTS OF UNDER-FIVE

Mrs. Anitha Jesu Jacob

Abstract :

INTRODUCTION: Child abuse is the physical or psychological harm to a child’s health or welfare. Child abuse can leave a scar that may last a life time, where, the child and even society, at large, is affected. Parents and family members have the prime responsibility to ensure that children are accorded an optimum climate for growth and development. METHOD: A quantitative approach and non–experimental descriptive research design were used for the study. Non–probability convenient sampling technique was used to select 100 parents, having children aged below five years, residing in urban Bangalore. The tool used for data collection was, a structured knowledge questionnaire and structured attitude scale. RESULTS: The overall assessment of knowledge showed that, majority of parents (56%) had moderately adequate knowledge. The overall assessment of quality of attitude indicated that, majority of parents (92%) had positive attitude. A weak positive correlation was found between Knowledge and Attitude of parents, with the calculated r–value, 0.565, and table value, t=0.19, which is statistically significant at P ≤ 0.05. CONCLUSION: The study concludes that majority of the parents had moderately adequate knowledge and positive attitude, and a significant relation was found between knowledge and attitude regarding child abuse, and its impact on life of children among parents of under–five.