Psychoeducation of Healthy Dating to Reduce the Risk of Sexual Violence in Female Street Children
Abstract: This study was
conducted to determine whether psychoeducation of healthy dating can reduce the
risk of sexual violence in female adolescents of street children
community. Subjects in this study were 8
adolescents of street children community of City North Square
of Yogyakarta. The
study used one
group pretest-posttest design
and follow up.
The results of
Wilcoxon test showed that
there is no
significant difference between
the scores of
sexual violence before
psychoeducational healthy dating (pretest) and after (post-test) with
the Z number of -1.420 and p value of 0.156 (p> 0.05), and the decrease of
the mean score was 4.44. Likewise, there
was no difference between the scores of sexual assault after courting healthy
psychoeducation (posttest) and during follow-up with the Z number of -1.612 and
p = 0.107 (p> 0.05) and the decrease of the mean score was 4. However, there were significant differences
between the scores of sexual violence before (pretest) and follow-up with z =
-2.103 and p = 0.035 (p <0.05),
and the decrease
of the mean
score was 8.44
which indicated that
the application of a psychoeducational healthy
dating could reduce the risk of sexual violence of girls in street
children community, but it needed 1 month to be applied in the form of healthy
dating behavior.
Author: Dessy Pranungsari,
Koentjoro, and Sri Kushartati
Journal Code: jppsikologiklinisgg140002
