Elementary Teachers' Knowledge of Legislative and Policy Duties for Reporting Child Sexual Abuse
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| Title: | Elementary Teachers' Knowledge of Legislative and Policy Duties for Reporting Child Sexual Abuse |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Walsh, Kerryann, Mathews, Ben, Rassafiani, Mehdi, Farrell, Ann, Butler, Des |
| Source: | Elementary School Journal. Dec 2013 114(2):178-199. |
| Availability: | University of Chicago Press. Journals Division, P.O. Box 37005, Chicago, IL 60637. Tel: 877-705-1878; Tel: 773-753-3347; Fax: 877-705-1879; Fax: 773-753-0811; e-mail: subscriptions@press.uchicago.edu; Web site: http://www.press.uchicago.edu |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 22 |
| Publication Date: | 2013 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Elementary Education |
| Descriptors: | Elementary School Teachers, Legal Responsibility, Sexual Abuse, Disclosure, Questionnaires, Foreign Countries, Teacher Responsibility, Knowledge Level, Teacher Education, Child Abuse, Teacher Attitudes, Legislation, Public Policy, Teaching Experience, Teacher Role, Public Schools, Private Schools |
| Geographic Terms: | Australia |
| DOI: | 10.1086/671934 |
| ISSN: | 0013-5984 |
| Abstract: | This study examined elementary school teachers' knowledge of their legislative and policy-based reporting duties with respect to child sexual abuse. Data were collected from 470 elementary school teachers from urban and rural government and nongovernment schools in 3 Australian states, which at the time of the study had 3 different legislative reporting duties for teachers. Teachers completed the 8-part Teacher Reporting Questionnaire (TRQ). Multinomial logistic regression analysis was used to determine factors associated with (a) teachers' legislation knowledge and (b) teachers' policy knowledge. Teachers with higher levels of knowledge had a combination of pre- and in-service training about child sexual abuse and more positive attitudes toward reporting, held administration positions in their school, and had reported child sexual abuse at least once during their teaching career. They were also more likely to work in the state with the strongest legislative reporting duty, which had been in place the longest. (Contains 3 tables.) |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 77 |
| Entry Date: | 2014 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1015534 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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