Effectiveness of Video-Assisted Teaching Program on Knowledge Regarding Awareness about Sexual Abuse among Adolescent Girls in Selected School, Chennai

Abstract

In our nation, sexual abuse is becoming a more prevalent social issue. Puberty marks the start of adolescence, which lasts until maturity. The aim of this study was to assess the pre-test awareness of sexual abuse among teenage females in a chosen school. Additionally, it sought to compare their pre-test and post-test knowledge levels, evaluate their post-test knowledge on the same subject, and investigate the correlation between post-test knowledge scores and particular demographic factors. For this study, a pre-experimental design and a quantitative research methodology were used. The study was carried out in a particular Chennai school. Thirty teenage girls made up the study's sample. The sample was chosen using the purposeful sampling technique.
Demographically structured questions were employed as the data gathering strategy. Teenage girls' knowledge was evaluated using a modified semi-structured questionnaire, and a pre-test was administered. The researcher then used video-assisted instruction to educate people on sexual abuse awareness. A post-test was then administered to assess how much the individuals' knowledge had changed. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data.
According to the pre-test results, 1 (3%) of the teenage females had adequate understanding of sexual abuse, 15 (50%) had moderate awareness, and 14 (47%) had inadequate information. Thirteen (43%) of the females showed moderate knowledge, seventeen (57%) showed appropriate knowledge, and none showed inadequate knowledge on the post-test. With a standard deviation of 3.885, the mean score was 8.86 overall. With a p-value of 0.05 (t = 12.12), a highly significant difference between the pre-test and post-test scores was observed in every area. Post-test knowledge scores and a few demographic factors, including the parents' work, living situation, communication style, and mode of transportation, were shown to be significantly correlated.
Variables like age, education, menstruation, religion, family structure, domicile, and parents' educational attainment, however, did not show any correlation. According to the study's findings, adolescent girls' knowledge of sexual abuse was raised by the video-assisted training method.