Prevention of child sexual abuse victimization: A meta-analysis of school programs
Child Abuse & NeglectPublished 1 October 1997
Jan Rispens, André Alemán, Paul P. Goudena
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The authors' findings corroborate and refine the positive conclusions of traditional narrative reviews and indicate that victimization prevention programs are successful in teaching children sexual abuse concepts and self-protection skills.
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Our findings corroborate and refine the positive conclusions of traditional narrative reviews. Programs that focus on skill training, allowing sufficient time for children to integrate self-protection skills into their cognitive repertoire, are to be preferred. Future evaluation research should focus on transfer of training.
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