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Category : Abused women
Languages : es
Pages : 285
Book Description
The main purpose of this research is to create and validate a Scale of Attitudes and Knowledge of Health Professionals toward Sexual Assault in Adult Women (AKSSAW). It is expected that health professionals act as agents of help to victims and offer support and understanding to them in such a sensitive moment. Unfortunately, in many occasions, the health professional working with people who have been sexually assaulted do not show sensibility nor the adequate management required in these cases. By finding the more common stigmas and myths present among health professionals toward sexual assault victims, it is possible to determine their areas in need of strengthening and implement necessary workshops with the topic of sexual assault. With a Cronbach alpha of .90, standar errors of measurement for the scale of attitudes of 0.50 and for the scale of knowledge .29, and discriminatory power of .79 for the scale of attitudes and .78 for the scale of knowledge, the AKSSAW shows to be a reliable and valid instrument to measure the attitude and knowledge of health professionals toward sexual assault in adult women. The results obtained in this research suggest that higher education can counteract acceptance and myths of sexual assault. Allowing, thus, to have a more tolerant mentality toward victims of sexual assault.
