Child Sexual Abuse Research: A Methodological Quagmire.

Dempster, Harriet L.; Roberts, Jacquie

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ERIC Number: EJ437707

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1991

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Child Sexual Abuse Research: A Methodological Quagmire.

Dempster, Harriet L.; Roberts, Jacquie

Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, v15 n4 p593-95 1991

An evaluation of one therapeutic service offered to sexually abused children in the United Kingdom exposed the methodological issue of false negatives among the comparison group, suggesting that researchers cannot assume that nonreferred comparison subjects have not actually experienced sexual abuse. (DB)

Descriptors: Child Abuse, Control Groups, Foreign Countries, Intervention, Referral, Research Methodology, Research Problems, Sexual Abuse

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom

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