@article{ref1,
title="Evaluation of a sexual abuse prevention program for preschoolers",
journal="Journal of family violence",
year="1988",
author="Stilwell, Sandra Lee and Lutzker, John R. and Greene, Brandon F.",
volume="3",
number="4",
pages="269-281",
abstract="Many sexual abuse prevention programs have no research basis to support their claims of effectiveness. The Sexual Abuse Prevention Program for Preschoolers (SAPPP) was developed by modifying a popular prevention program to include behavioral training and rehearsal, and evaluation components. Children were taught to identify different types of touch, to say no, and to tell others. Each of the six SAPPP lessons included a topic introduction, stories related to the topic, target behavior rehearsal: This was followed by class discussion. Four university preschool children, three females and one male, between the ages of 3 and 4 participated in the program. All of the children showed improvement from pretest to post-test. The improved post-test scores were the result of correct verbal responses. Correct behavior demonstration responses did not increase for any child. A successful child sexual abuse prevention program should train children to demonstrate appropriate preventive behaviors. Suggestions for improving preventive behavior skills demonstrations and increasing the number of children in future research are discussed.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0885-7482",
doi="10.1007/BF00989977",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00989977"
}