Straight from the heart: A qualitative analysis of teenage parents and child sexual abuse prevention

Sexual abuse happens to children in every class, culture, race, religion, and gender. The result is often devastating and painful. Among the risks associated with being a child of a teenage parent is the potential for experiencing sexual abuse. With the high incidence of adolescent pregnancies each year resulting in live births, the resulting number of children at risk of sexual abuse is enormous. Research has not kept pace with the need to discover ways to protect children from this phenomenon. The present investigation focuses on a self-help group, the Heart to Heart Program. The Heart to Heart program was developed to teach teenage mothers how to protect themselves and their children from experiencing sexual abuse. This study investigated three questions in relation to the prevention of sexual abuse: (1) Was there an increase in the teen mother participants' knowledge about child sexual abuse following their experience in the group? (2) What were the changes in the teen mothers' attitudes about sexual abuse following the group? (3) Did their experience in the group affect any change in their sexual abuse prevention behaviors?

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Social Work

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Snavely, Glenda Annette

Contributors dc:contributor

• Vattano, A.

• Social Work

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1991 Snavely, Glenda Annette

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9136739
(UMI)AAI9136739

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/23726