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The Moderating Effect of Human Rights Education: Examining the Relationship Between Parental Abuse, Child
1Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence
|August 13, 2024
Summary
Parental abuse negatively impacts children's human rights attitudes, with self-esteem mediating this link. Human rights education
Area of Science:
- Child Psychology
- Human Rights Education
- Sociology
Background:
- Parental abuse negatively affects children's psychological well-being and their understanding of human rights.
- Self-esteem is a critical factor in mediating the relationship between adverse experiences and attitudes.
- The role of human rights education in this context requires further investigation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the mediating role of child self-esteem in the association between parental abuse and human rights attitude.
- To investigate the moderating effect of human rights education participation on these relationships.
- To understand the complex interplay between abuse, self-esteem, and human rights awareness.
Main Methods:
- Utilized data from the 2020 Children and Youth Human Rights Survey (N=5,673).
- Employed structural equation modeling to analyze the proposed conceptual model.
- Assessed mediating and moderating effects within the study sample.
Main Results:
- Parental abuse demonstrated a significant negative relationship with children's human rights attitude.
- Self-esteem acted as a partial mediator for non-participants and a full mediator for participants in human rights education.
- Human rights education participation was paradoxically linked to lower self-esteem and a stronger negative association between abuse and self-esteem.
Conclusions:
- Human rights education can fully mediate the negative impact of parental abuse on human rights attitudes, but may also lower self-esteem in vulnerable groups.
- The findings underscore the importance of tailored human rights education content for abused children.
- Effective human rights education is crucial for developing children's outlooks, coping mechanisms, and resilience.
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