PARENTS’ PERCEPTION OF MEDIA REPORTS ON CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE A STUDY OF OTA, OGUN STATE
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2017
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Covenant University
Abstract
Child Sexual Abuse is on the increase in Nigeria as six out of ten children in Nigeria
according to UNICEF experience sexual assault before the age of eighteen. Evidently,
parents are the first contact of socialization for a child. Therefore, this study which is
carried out in Ota in Ogun state seeks to find out the perception of parents to media
reports on child sexual abuse. It examines parents’ source of information about CSA,
the level of knowledge about CSA among parents, the attitude of parents to
information about CSA in the media and the perception of parents on the adequacy of
media information on CSA. The survey method of research was used to obtain data
using the instrument of the questionnaire. The researcher used the multi- stage
sampling method to determine the study area and population of respondents to
represent the total population of parents in Ota Area. Results obtained were presented
and interpreted using tables showing percentage. Findings revealed that parents in
Ota have a good knowledge of child sexual abuse through media reports. The result
also shows that parents believe that child sexual abuse is a social problem involving
children of both sexes. The result also shows that parents do not agree with the myth
of ‘strangers only sexually abuse children’, indicating that sexual abuse of a child also
happens among family members. However, the knowledge of the Child Rights Act is
still lacking. In conclusion, the lack of Child Rights knowledge may be the reason for
the ineffectiveness in finding a solution to CSA; therefore there is a need to make for
the awareness of Child Rights Act by the media
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International Resources, Nigeria, parental perceptions, Child Rights Acts, media
Citation
BAKARE Yetunde Oluwakemisola, & OYERO Olusola (2017). PARENTS’ PERCEPTION OF MEDIA REPORTS ON CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE A STUDY OF OTA, OGUN STATE. Ota, Nigeria: Covenant University.