THE EFFECT OF AWARENESS LEVEL OF PARENTS ON CHILD ABUSE ON PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 13 Sayı: 3, 587 - 599, 16.10.2025

Melek Kılıç , Ulviye Günay

https://doi.org/10.33715/inonusaglik.1592800

Öz

The study was conducted to determine the effect of parents' awareness of child abuse on the parent-child relationship. This descriptive study was carried out with 406 parents who had children aged 2-7 years and were registered at three family health centers in Kahramanmaraş city center, between February and April 2019. It was determined that being a mother or father did result in any significant difference the Abuse Awareness Scale, the Child-Parent Relationship Scale and its subscale scores of the parents (p>0.05). Additionally, the level of abuse of the parents who were literate or primary school graduates was higher, the level of abuse of the parents decreased as their education level increased, and the level of abuse of the parents decreased as their income level increased. As a result, it was determined that parents' level of awareness about child abuse has a positive effect on the parent-child relationship.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Awareness , Child , Child abuse , Parent , Parent-Child Relationship

Ebeveynlerin Çocuk İstismarına Yönelik Farkındalık Düzeyinin Ebeveyn-Çocuk İlişkisine Etkisi

Öz

Bu çalışma, ebeveynlerin çocuk istismarına yönelik farkındalık düzeyinin ebeveyn-çocuk ilişkisine etkisini belirlemek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Tanımlayıcı nitelikteki bu çalışma, Şubat-Nisan 2019 tarihleri arasında Kahramanmaraş il merkezindeki üç aile sağlığı merkezine kayıtlı, 2-7 yaş arası çocuğu olan 406 ebeveyn ile yürütülmüştür. Ebeveynlerin İstismar Farkındalık Ölçeği, Çocuk-Ebeveyn İlişkisi Ölçeği ve alt ölçek puanları açısından anne veya baba olmanın farklılaşmadığı (p>0,05), okuryazar veya ilkokul mezunu olan ebeveynlerin istismar düzeyinin daha yüksek olduğu, eğitim düzeyi arttıkça istismar düzeyinin azaldığı, gelir düzeyi arttıkça istismar düzeyinin azaldığı belirlenmiştir. Sonuç olarak, ebeveynlerin çocuk istismarına yönelik farkındalık düzeyinin ebeveyn-çocuk ilişkisini olumlu yönde etkilediği belirlenmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Çocuk , Çocuk İstismarı , Ebeveyn , Ebeveyn-Çocuk İlişkisi , Farkındalık

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