School-based Child Sexual Abuse Interventions: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
- Forfatter(e)
- Lu, M. Y. Barlow, J. Meinck, F. Walsh, K. Wu, Y. M.
- År
- 2022
- Tidsskrift
- Research on Social Work Practice
- Sider
- 23
- Kategori(er)
- Omsorgssvikt og overgrep
- Tiltakstype(r)
- Skole/barnehagebaserte tiltak
- Abstract
Purpose: The purposes of this systematic review were to systematically summarize components in existing school-based child sexual abuse (CSA) prevention programs and identify predictors for program effectiveness.
Method: Building upon the most comprehensive systematic review on this topic, we conducted systematic searches in both English-language from September 2014 to October 2020 and Chinese-language from inception to October, 2020. Meta-regressions were performed to identify predictors for program effectiveness.
Results: Thirty-one studies were included with a total sample size of 9049 participants. Results from meta-analyses suggested that interventions are effective in increasing participants' CSA knowledge as assessed via questionnaires (g = 0.72, 95% CI [0.52-0.93]) and vignette-based measures (g = 0.55, 95% CI [0.35-0.74]). Results from meta-regression suggested that interventions with more than three sessions are more effective than interventions with fewer sessions. Interventions appear to be more effective with children who are 8 years and older than younger children.
Discussion: CSA is a global issue that has significant negative effects on victims' physical, psychological, and sexual well-being. Our findings also provide recommendations for future research, particularly in terms of optimizing the effectiveness of school-based CSA prevention programs, and the better reporting of intervention components as well as participant characteristics.