Citation

Del Campo Sánchez A, López Sánchez F. Psicothema 2006; 18(1): 1-8.

Vernacular Title

Evaluacion de un programa de prevencion de abusos sexuales a menores en Educacion

Affiliation

Universidad de Salamanca.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Departamento de Psicología de la Universidad de Oviedo, Publisher Colegio Oficial de Psicológicas de Asturias)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

17296002

Abstract

The aim of the present work is to evaluate the efficacy of a program entitled << Prevention of child sexual abuse>> the first structured program in Spain designed to prevent such risks. With this purpose, we carried out a study of 382 minors with ages ranging between 8 and 12 years. The result s show that the program has a very positive impact, increasing the awareness of the minors about this type of risk and improving their skills for coping with a possible event of sexual abuse. The efficacy of the program is also apparent, at the level of secondary prevention, in that it increased the likelihood that the children would reveal such events. Finally, exploration of the possible adverse effects of the program showed that the negative effects observed by parents and educators are negligible.

Language: es