Violence against children during the COVID-19 pandemic: Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) analysis on Lowokwaru District, Indonesia

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Windi Chusniah Rachmawati, Endang Sri Redjeki, Hanifati Nadhilah

2022 Journal of Public Health in Africa Vol. 13 Issue s2 Article Cited by 0 Quartile

Abstract

The high number of cases of violence against children has become a big concern, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Research purposes to analyze the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) in violence against children during the COVID-19 pandemic in Lowokwaru District, Malang City. Research design a quantitative analytic study with a cross-sectional study primary data. Research instrument used was a questionnaire with Google Form application which was online collecting by 100 moth-ers. Analysis technique uses Somers’d and Ordinal Logistic Regression. Variables related to the intention to commit violence against children are subjective norms (p=0.00<α=0.05) and behavioral control (p=0.002 <α=0.05), while attitudes are not related to the intention to commit violence against children (p=0.501 >α=0.05). Variables that have a significant effect on the intention of violence against children are subjective norms (p=0.001<α=0.05) and behavioral control (p=0.002<α=0.05). Subjective norms and behavioral control are related and have an effect on the intention to commit violence against children, while attitudes do not. © the Author(s),2022.

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Department of Public Health, Faculty of Sports Science, Universitas Negeri Malang, Jl. Semarang No. 5, East Java, Malang, 65145, Indonesia; Department of Non-Formal Education, Faculty of Education, Universitas Negeri Malang, East Java, Malang, Indonesia