An Illustrated Scale Measuring the Sexual‐Abuse Prevention Knowledge of Female High School Students with Intellectual Disabilities in Taiwan

Sexuality and Disability - Tập 32 - Trang 135-151 - 2013
Wen-Ying Liou1
1National Chiayi University, Chiayi County, Taiwan

Tóm tắt

The aim of this study was to develop an illustrated sexual-abuse prevention knowledge scale and to examine the knowledge of female high school students (tenth- to twelfth-graders) with intellectual disabilities studying at special education schools in Taiwan. An illustrated scale with 20 true/false items and 10 multiple-choice items was developed to assess the participants’ relevant knowledge. Each item consisted of a written question and corresponding illustration(s). A total of 196 female high school students in Taiwan participated in the study. Factor analysis generated five factors: puberty physiology, body boundaries, identification of improper sexual relationships, identification of abusive situations, and coping methods when facing abusive situations. These five factors explained 61.71 and 70.70 % of the variance for the true/false and multiple-choice items, respectively. The reliability analysis of the scale showed a value of .81 for true/false items, .74 for multiple-choice items, and .84 for the whole scale. The participants demonstrated a relatively better level of knowledge of puberty physiology, body boundaries, and identification of improper sexual relationships compared to knowledge of coping methods when facing abusive situations and identification of abusive situations.

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Sexuality and Disability

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135-151

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