Citation

Berrick JD. Child Abuse Negl. 1988; 12(4): 543-553.

Affiliation

School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3233519

Abstract

This study examined the impact of parent education meetings on preschool parents' knowledge of child abuse. One hundred sixteen parents participated in the study. Parents were selected from seven preschool sites across California. Parent education appeared to have little effect upon (1) parents' knowledge of the prevalence of child sexual abuse, (2) indicators of abuse, or (3) parents' appropriate response to disclosures. Results from the parent data show the negligible effect of parent education as it is presently delivered. Few parents attend the meetings, and those who do learn very little.

Language: en