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

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<alpha=0.05) and behavioral control (p=0.002 <alpha=0.05), while attitudes are not related to the intention to commit violence against children (p=0.501 >alpha=0.05). Variables that have a significant effect on the intention of violence against children are subjective norms (p=0.001<alpha=0.05) and behavioral control (p=0.002<alpha=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. Copyright © the Author(s),2022.