@article{ref1,
title="Effectiveness of sexual abuse prevention training program developed by creative drama for preschoolers: an experimental study",
journal="Journal of child sexual abuse",
year="2021",
author="Kemer, Duygu and İşler Dalgıç, Ayşegül",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="The purpose of the study is to determine the effectiveness of the &quot;My Body is Special&quot; Training Program (MBS-TP), which was developed using the creative drama method to gain information about body recognition and body safety in preventing sexual abuse in children. This is an experimental study conducted with a control group using a pretest/posttest design. This study was carried out in two preschools in Turkey, involving 87 children in the 5-6 age group. MBS-TP was applied to children in the intervention group through eight sessions over 3 weeks. <br><br>RESULTS indicate that the body's private areas were guessed at lower rates in the intervention group in the pretest (vagina/vulva 13.6%, penis 2.3%) than the posttest (vagina/vulva 77.3%, penis 68.2%). In the control group, in both the pretest (vagina/vulva 7.7%, penis 0%) and posttest (vagina/vulva 11.5%, penis 0%) knowledge was at similarly low rates. There was a statistically significant increase in the knowledge of &quot;saying, doing, telling, reporting&quot; skills of protecting their bodies for children in the intervention group in the posttest. The &quot;MBS-TP&quot; was found to be effective in increasing ability to recognize parts of the body and body safety techniques for preventing sexual abuse in children aged 5-6.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1053-8712",
doi="10.1080/10538712.2021.1994504",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2021.1994504"
}