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Volume 12 Issue 4 ( October-December ) 2023

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A study to assess the knowledge and attitude of mothers regarding prevention of child abuse in a selected village of Faridkot
Rajwinder Kaur, Rajwinder Kaur Brar, Gurkiran Kaur

The present study was conducted to assess the knowledge and attitude of mothers regarding prevention of child abuse in a selected village of Faridkot. A quantitative approach and exploratory descriptive research design was used for the study. Sample size was 60 mothers selected by non-probability purposive sampling technique. The data was collected with the help of self-structured questionnaire and attitude scale. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analysis the data. Discussion was based on the objectives statistical analysis, current trends and previous selected research. The study revealed that majority of mothers that were 58% had average knowledge, 25% mothers had good knowledge and 17% mothers had poor knowledge. 88.3% had neutral attitude, 10% had positive attitude and 1.7% of mothers had negative attitude. The mean and standard deviation of knowledge and attitude 17.58±4.74 and 40.08±8.3 respectively. Hence, it was concluded that there was a moderate correlation between knowledge and attitude score that is r=0.7. From the finding of the study following conclusion were drawn that the knowledge of mothers regarding prevention of child abuse was average. Attitude of mothers regarding prevention of child abuse was neutral.

 
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