The purpose of this study is to offer useful basic data of being conducive to seeking a practice plan for school social welfare for preventing elementary schoolers' sexual assault by confirming the influence of elementary schoolers' exposure to intern...
The purpose of this study is to offer useful basic data of being conducive to seeking a practice plan for school social welfare for preventing elementary schoolers' sexual assault by confirming the influence of elementary schoolers' exposure to internet obscenities upon sexual assault and by closely examining factors of influencing elementary schoolers' sexual assault.
To achieve this research objective, it surveyed, analyzed and considered targeting 451 students in the 4th~6th grade of elementary schools within the middle·southern part of Gyeongsangbuk-do Province. As a result, the following conclusions were obtained.
First, as a result of analyzing difference in sexual assault according to general characteristics, boys were indicated to have higher sexual assault behavior than girls according to gender at elementary school. According to interest in school life, the elementary schoolers without interest were indicated to have high sexual assault behavior.
Second, as a result of analyzing the difference in the appearance of exposure to obscenities according to individual system and environmental system, the subjects with the more self-esteem were indicated not to have been exposed to obscenities. The subjects with the higher even in self-control and interpersonal relations were indicated not to be exposed to obscenities. The subjects with the higher in parents' social support were indicated not to be exposed to obscenities. Even the subjects with high in friend's social support were indicated to have no experience of being exposed to obscenities.
Third, as a result of analyzing on the influence of socio-demographic characteristics, individual system, environmental system, and exposure to obscenities upon sexual assault, the boys were indicated to have higher sexual assault behavior than girls. It was indicated that the higher use of internet per a week leads to the higher sexual assault behavior. And it was indicated that the lower self-esteem leads to the higher sexual assault behavior. It appeared as the actual sexual assault behavior of a subject, which was exposed to obscenities. Thus, the exposure to obscenities was indicated to have great influence upon elementary schoolers' sexual assault behavior.
Suggesting the practice plans for school social welfare for preventing elementary schoolers' sexual assault based on the above findings, they are as follows.
First, to prevent elementary schoolers' sexual assault, an educational program is first imminent that can be enhanced self-esteem and self-control. In the environment of being exposed to obscenities either intentionally or unintentionally, the elementary schoolers are dropped ability of controlling themselves. Exposure may be high in the status of failing to have positive consciousness on own sex. Thus, the integrated sex education program needs to be developed, which can enhance self-esteem and self-control. The substantial personality education will need to be carried out by being reflected in curriculum and in the number of school days.
Second, the imitative behavior caused by exposure to obscenities is being revealed to be peer sexual assault against a friend for fun in school life. To form safe environment from school life, a guardian system will need to be activated such as peer guardian system and volunteer guardian. To effectively carry out and operate the substantial safety device through systematic guardian system by implementing infrastructure, the distribution of school social worker needs to be made imminently within all the schools.
Third, the exposure to obscenities is a factor of influencing sexual assault. Thus, the intentional or unintentional internet environment in elementary schoolers' exposure to obscenities has a distribution system of obscenities, which can be contacted easily. Distribution of commercial obscenities needs to be powerfully regulated. Still, there is a need of a legal ground available for being operated along with a program of blocking harmful environment in obscenities by which the government reinforces the information communication basic Act and installs a report system and a cyber investigation team.
Fourth, the socially-integrated educational system needs to be made, which allows elementary schoolers, parents, and teachers to have right sexual consciousness and sexual attitude. Effective service will need to be offered through school social worker's case management in order to be possibly progressed a program such as a project of developing educational program of preventing sexual assault by life cycle and of making our safe village. An expert is needed, who assesses the given conditions of home, school life, and community integrally from the perspective of the ecological system. Seeing it from this point, a school social worker's professionalism conforms with this. Hence, it is urgent for the professionally educational-welfare manpower to be allowed to perform the integrated service of being connected school-home-community in addition to professional assessment. Moreover, a country needs to allow educational welfare support center, which performs function such as developing educational welfare policy and a project program, to be possibly installed and operated in cities, counties, and districts.