Developing a Board Game to Foster Preventive Knowledge of Child Sexual Abuse at the Primary School Level
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.14456/jlapsu.2022.23Keywords:
board game, child sexual abuse, elementary schoolAbstract
The research aimed to develop a board game that could foster preventive knowledge of child sexual abuse among primary school students. It attempted to assess the appropriateness of the game and reveal the students' satisfaction with it. The study additionally measured the students' knowledge before and after playing the game, as well as showing adverse effects of sexual abuse as part of preventive knowledge. The board game in this study was developed as a response to the recent trends in child sexual abuse and relevant research. The study used a one-group pretest-posttest experimental design. Sixty students from a public primary school in Taweewattana District, Bangkok Metropolitan, were selected through selective random sampling. The students’ knowledge and understanding of sexual abuse was measured through multiple-choice questions. The board game, pretest and posttest of the students' preventive knowledge of sexual abuse, and satisfaction survey were evaluated using the Items-Objective Congruence Index (IOC) and examined by experts. The derived data was later analyzed using a dependent t-test, mean, and standard deviation. The findings revealed that the developed board game could increase the students' preventive knowledge of sexual abuse. The game was assessed to be highly appropriate for them. Additionally, their satisfaction ranked high, reflecting their contentment with the game. Therefore, it was concluded that the board game can be an effective alternative tool to teach primary school students preventive knowledge of child sexual abuse.
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