Journal article
A Serious-Game for Child Sexual Abuse Prevention: An Evaluation of Orbit
Child Abuse & Neglect, Vol.107, pp.1-13
2020
PMID: 32535338
Abstract
Background: Greater public and professional awareness of the extent and impact of child sexual abuse (CSA) has prompted the inclusions of prevention initiatives within school curricula. However CSA education is not always soundly grounded in empirical evidence, and evaluations of the impact of programs often inadequate. Objective: This paper reports on a randomized-control trial of an empirically informed serious-game for CSA prevention, for children aged 8-10 years. The study also evaluates the impact on learning of complementary classroom lessons and part completion of the Name game. Participants and Setting: The evaluation involved 139 students (female=78; male=61) aged 8-10 years (Mage=9.64, SD =0.33), from an elementary school in State, Australia. Method: All children were pre-tested and post-tested (at 3 months) for knowledge of abuse prevention using the Children's Knowledge of Abuse Questionnaire-Revised (CKAQ-R-III), and a short form (SF) mapped to the learning objectives of Name. Children were assigned to one of three groups; i) play Name (n=50); ii) play Name and CSA lessons (n=55); and iii) control (n=34). Results: Children in the Name play, and Name play and lesson groups, significantly (p < .001) increased their CKAQ SF scores, whereas those in the control group did not. Furthermore, those children who completed all of Name significantly (p < .001) increased their post-test CKAQ scores, whereas those who didn't complete the game did not. Conclusions: This study shows the strength of a serious-games approach for school CSA prevention whilst reporting how child completion can impact learnings.
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- Title
- A Serious-Game for Child Sexual Abuse Prevention: An Evaluation of Orbit
- Authors
- Christian M Jones (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - School of Social SciencesLaura Scholes (Author) - Australian Catholic UniversityBen Rolfe (Author) - Ecoludology GamesColleen Stieler-Hunt (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - School of Creative Industries
- Publication details
- Child Abuse & Neglect, Vol.107, pp.1-13
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd.
- Date published
- 2020
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104569
- ISSN
- 0145-2134
- PMID
- 32535338
- Organisation Unit
- School of Business and Creative Industries; Healthy Ageing Research Cluster; School of Education and Tertiary Access; School of Social Sciences - Legacy; School of Creative Industries - Legacy; Engage Research Lab; School of Law and Society
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450944002621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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