Teaching personal safety skills to young children: An investigation of age and gender across five studies

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 805-814

  Wurtele, Sandy K ^a   Owens, Julie Sarno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Personal safety; Prevention

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAFETY; SKILL; TEACHING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSERTIVENESS; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SAFETY; SEX EDUCATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030799498     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(97)00040-9     Document Type: Article

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