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The current study aims to reveal experiences and perceived need of child maltreatment prevention education among 273 college students as future mandatory reporters. It also tries to reveal the mediating effects of knowledge of recognizing and reporting child maltreatment between child maltreatment prevention education and intention to report child maltreatment. The results showed that 87% participants were exposed to child maltreatment prevention education through courses(major or electives) or special lectures at college. It was the most frequently experienced way of receiving education among other ways of education. The participants also had high need of additional child maltreatment prevention education. Multiple regression analysis showed that increased knowledge of recognizing child maltreatment mediates the effect of child maltreatment education on intention to report child maltreatment. However, knowledge of reporting chid maltreatment did not have mediating effects. In conclusion, more education lead to higher intention to report child maltreatment through increased knowledge to recognize child maltreatment. Based on the results, strategies for child maltreatment prevention education were discussed for furture mandatory reporters.

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