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A School Based Prevention Study: The Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Program in Turkey

Okul Temelli Bir Önleme Çalışması: Türkiye'deki Çocuklara Yönelik Cinsel İstismarı Önleme Programı

Yasin Yılmaz(HATAY MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY)0000-0002-1081-7976
Fulya Cenkseven Önder(ÇUKUROVA ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0001-9748-626X
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849–872
Publication Date
2025-12-31
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The results indicated significant differences between the experimental and control groups among 2nd, 3rd, and 5th grade students.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Child sexual abuse is a common problem encountered in all societies, with both short- and long-term psychological, physiological, and social consequences.
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Key Findings & Data:This study utilized the Sexual Abuse Prevention Program (SAPP) prepared by the researchers and included 160 2nd, 3rd, and 5th grade students who were aged between 7 and 11.
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Conclusion & Impact:The results indicated significant differences between the experimental and control groups among 2nd, 3rd, and 5th grade students.
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⚙️Variables:Çocuk cinsel istismarı · Önleyici program · İlkokul

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Child sexual abuse is a common problem encountered in all societies, with both short- and long-term psychological, physiological, and social consequences. One of the most common ways of coping with this problem is to provide children with school-based skill training programs. This study utilized the Sexual Abuse Prevention Program (SAPP) prepared by the researchers and included 160 2nd, 3rd, and 5th grade students who were aged between 7 and 11. The program included the topics of recognizing emotions, feeling safe, good touch-bad touch, good secret-bad secret, strangers and abuse in virtual environments. Data were collected through the Children's Knowledge of Abuse Questionnaire-Revision III (CKAQ-R) administered before the program, immediately after, and four months after the program. The results indicated significant differences between the experimental and control groups among 2nd, 3rd, and 5th grade students. It was found that these significant differences were retained in the follow-up test administered four months after the program. The results showed that the SAPP program was effective in helping Turkish children to recognize sexual abuse and increase their knowledge levels, highlighting its value as an evidence-based, school-based prevention model.

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Çocuğun cinsel istismarı tüm toplumlarda karşılaşılan ortak bir sorundur ve psikolojik, fizyolojik ve sosyal alanlarda kısa ve uzun vadeli etkileri vardır. Bu sorunla başa çıkmanın en yaygın yollarından biri çocuklara okul temelli beceri eğitimi programları sunmaktır. Bu çalışmada yaşları 7-11 arasında değişen 160 2., 3. ve 5. sınıf öğrencisi araştırmacılar tarafından hazırlanan Cinsel İstismardan Korunma Programına (CİKEP) katılmıştır. Program duyguları tanıma, güvende hissetme, iyi dokunuş-kötü dokunuş, iyi sır-kötü sır, yabancılar ve sanal ortamda istismar konularını içermektedir. Veriler, programdan önce, programdan sonra ve programdan 4 ay sonra uygulanan Çocukların Cinsel İstismar Bilgi Düzeyi Ölçeği aracılığıyla toplanmıştır. Deney ve kontrol gruplarının CKAQ-R ön test-son test ve son test-izleme testi puanları karma ölçümler için iki faktörlü ANOVA testi kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Sonuçlar 2., 3. ve 5. sınıf öğrencilerinin deney ve kontrol grupları arasında anlamlı farklılıklar olduğunu göstermiştir. Programdan 4 ay sonra uygulanan izleme testinde de bu anlamlı farklılıkların korunduğu tespit edilmiştir. Sonuçlar, CİKEP rogramının Türk çocuklarından oluşan bir örneklemde çocukların cinsel istismarı tanımalarına ve bilgi düzeylerini artırmalarına yardımcı olmada etkili olduğunu göstermektedir.

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Yılmaz, Y., Önder, F. C. (2025). A School Based Prevention Study: The Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Program in Turkey. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, Cilt: 54 Sayı: 3, 849–872. https://doi.org/10.14812/cuefd.1425498

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