EFFECT OF PSYCHO-EDUCATION ON CREATING AWARENESS OF EMOTIONAL ABUSE

Abstract

Emotional abuse, one of the hardest forms of abuse to recognize is a pattern of behaviour that damages a child’s sense of self-worth and negatively impacts their emotional development. Parenting is the most vital goal of child abuse prevention. In the present study, the investigators attempted to find out the effectiveness of Psycho-Education for the parents of early adolescents on awareness of child emotional abuse. Experimental method was adopted and single group pretest posttest design selected for the present study. The sample consisted of 47 parents of early adolescent Students studying in selected school at Kanyakumari district. The investigator prepared a psycho-education module for the study and gave treatment for selected parents of early adolescents. For collection of data, conducted pretest and post test for early adolescents. The questions were constructed and validated by the investigator and guide. The investigator used mean, standard deviation, t-test for analyze the data. The findings of the study revealed that there exists significant difference between the pre-test and post-test scores of psycho-education for the early adolescents on awareness of child abuse based on the component emotional abuse.

Keywords

psycho, education, awareness, emotional, abuse.

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To cite this article

Jaba Singh, J., & Rexlin Jose, G. (2022). Effect of Psycho-education on Creating Awareness of Emotional Abuse. Sparkling International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research Studies, 5(2), 23-34.