Child abuse and neglect awareness among future nurses: Does awareness influence attitudes towards reporting?

IF 3.4 2区心理学 Q1 FAMILY STUDIES

Child Abuse & Neglect Pub Date : 2025-07-23 DOI:10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107604

Damla Özçevik Subaşi , Enes Şimşek , Ayfer Ekim Günaydın , Fatma Bozdağ , Ayfer Aydın , Ayşe Ferda Ocakçı

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Abstract

Aim

This study aimed to determine the relationship between nursing students' awareness of child abuse and neglect and their attitudes towards reporting.

Method

The study sample consisted of 466 nursing students from two universities in Türkiye. The Participant Information Form, Child Abuse and Neglect Awareness Scale and the Attitudes of Healthcare Professionals Towards Reporting Child Maltreatment Scale were used to collect the research data. Independent groups t-test, one-way analysis of variance and post hoc analyses were used to examine the differences in scale levels according to the descriptive characteristics of the students. Pearson correlation and linear regression analyses were used to examine the relationships between the dimensions that determined the students' scale levels.

Results

The average age of the students was 20.40 ± 2.93 years and the majority of them (75.8 %) were female. The mean total score for the CANA-S scale was 78.26 ± 7.71, and the mean total score for the reporting attitudes scale was 70.59 ± 7.48. There was a moderately significant and positive correlation between the total score of CANA-S and the total score of attitude towards reporting (r = 0.579; p < 0.001). Regression analysis shows a positive relationship between CANA-S total score and reporting attitudes (β = 0.579, p < 0.001). The explanatory power of the model, as measured by R², is 0.334, indicating that it accounts for approximately 33.4 % of the variability in reporting attitudes.

Conclusion

Results indicated that increased awareness of child abuse and neglect was associated with attitudes towards reporting. The findings underscore the significance of devising educational programmes to enhance nursing students' awareness of child abuse and neglect, which may subsequently increase their propensity to report suspected cases.

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未来护士对虐待和忽视儿童的意识：意识是否影响报告态度？

目的探讨护生虐待忽视意识与报告态度的关系。方法选取云南省两所大学的466名护理专业学生为研究对象。采用《参与者信息表》、《儿童虐待与忽视意识量表》和《医护人员对报告儿童虐待的态度量表》收集研究数据。根据学生的描述特征，采用独立组t检验、单因素方差分析和事后分析来检验量表水平的差异。使用Pearson相关和线性回归分析来检验决定学生量表水平的维度之间的关系。结果学生平均年龄（20.40±2.93）岁，以女性为主（75.8%）。CANA-S量表的平均总分为78.26±7.71分，态度报告量表的平均总分为70.59±7.48分。CANA-S总分与报告态度总分呈中显著正相关(r = 0.579；p & lt;0.001)。回归分析显示，CANA-S总分与报告态度呈正相关(β = 0.579, p <；0.001)。该模型的解释能力，由R2测量，是0.334，表明它占报告态度的可变性约33.4%。结论：儿童虐待忽视意识的提高与举报态度的提高有关。研究结果强调了设计教育方案的重要性，以提高护理学生对虐待和忽视儿童的认识，这可能随后增加他们报告疑似病例的倾向。

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Child Abuse & Neglect Multiple-

CiteScore

7.40

自引率

10.40%

发文量

397

期刊介绍： Official Publication of the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect. Child Abuse & Neglect The International Journal, provides an international, multidisciplinary forum on all aspects of child abuse and neglect, with special emphasis on prevention and treatment; the scope extends further to all those aspects of life which either favor or hinder child development. While contributions will primarily be from the fields of psychology, psychiatry, social work, medicine, nursing, law enforcement, legislature, education, and anthropology, the Journal encourages the concerned lay individual and child-oriented advocate organizations to contribute.