Abstract

The Centers for Disease Control have recognized child maltreatment as a national epidemic that calls for healthcare providers to focus on early identification and prevention of violence against children. Even though society has this expectation for healthcare professionals, research has shown that there is still a pervasive phenomenon of underreporting this societal ill. Current nursing research identifies education as a significant factor in determining the decision to report child maltreatment in the mandatory reporter role. Based on this conclusion, the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) served as the research framework to understand the pertinent facilitating components of intended reporting behaviors in Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs).

This study investigated the roles and influences of continuing education, APRNs' attitudes, knowledge, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control on intended mandatory reporting behaviors. It also evaluated the empirical adequacy of the theoretical framework, the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) as applied to professional experiences with child maltreatment. To accomplish these goals, a non-experimental, comparative, cross-sectional perspective was chosen to further investigate the variables under study. The sampling frame for this study was derived from the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners membership e-mail database. Participants accessed an encrypted third-party email link to the measurement instrument, the Child Abuse Report Intention Scale (CARIS) as well as child maltreatment vignettes to capture intended reporting behaviors.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 27744534; ProQuest document ID: 2389595507. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Adaorah N. U. Azotam, PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC

Sigma Membership

Non-member

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Descriptive/Correlational

Research Approach

Other

Keywords:

Theory of Planned Behavior, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, Child Abuse, Reporting Abuse, Reporting Behaviors

Advisor

Mary Ann Cantrell

Second Advisor

Elizabeth B. Dowdell

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

Villanova University

Degree Year

2017

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2021-12-02

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