What prevents Chinese parents from reporting possible cases of child sexual abuse to authority? A holistic-interactionistic approach |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong;2. School of Social Development and Public Policy, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, PR China;3. Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong;4. School of Social Welfare, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea;1. Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong;2. Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong;1. Department of Psychology, Educational College, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China;2. Research Institute of Social Development, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu 611130, China;3. Faculty of Psychology, Research Center for Mental Health Education, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China;4. School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China;1. Department of Social Work and Social Administration, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China;2. School of Social Welfare, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea;1. Nationwide Children''s Hospital and The Ohio State University;2. Wuhan Children''s Hospital;3. Wuhan University;4. Capital Medical University;5. Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention;6. Nationwide Children''s Hospital;1. Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, Ireland;2. Children’s University Hospital, Temple St., Dublin, Ireland;3. Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin 8, Ireland;4. Community Child Centre, Health Service Executive, Waterford, Ireland;5. University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland |
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| Abstract: | The reporting of suspected CSA cases to authorities in a timely manner is important in preventing continued abuse and protecting abused children at early ages. The current study seeks to explore parents’ intentions of reporting their own children’s CSA experiences to authorities as well as their reporting willingness when they become aware of possible CSA cases happening to children in other families. Two rounds of semi-structured interviews were conducted among a sample of 26 parents in Beijing; these parents were purposefully selected so as to be diverse in terms of gender, age, and socioeconomic status. The data were analyzed thematically. The findings showed that the reporting of suspected CSA to authorities was a choice made by only a few Chinese parents; it was often even a last resort. By using a holistic-interactionistic approach, the interaction between Chinese parents’ intentions of reporting CSA and the Chinese socio-cultural context was analyzed as a dynamic and continuously ongoing process. The impacts of the definition and perceptions of CSA on reporting, the balance of children’s rights and parents’ power, and the double effect of informal social control are discussed. The implications, both locally and globally, are also discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Reporting intentions Child sexual abuse Holistic interactionism Chinese socio-cultural context Qualitative method |
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