False Negatives in Sexual Abuse Disclosure Interviews: Incidence and Influence of Caretaker's Belief in Abuse in Cases of Accidental Abuse Discovery by Diagnosis of STD.

Lawson, Louanne; Chaffin, Mark

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ERIC Number: EJ507954

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Publication Date: 1992

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False Negatives in Sexual Abuse Disclosure Interviews: Incidence and Influence of Caretaker's Belief in Abuse in Cases of Accidental Abuse Discovery by Diagnosis of STD.

Lawson, Louanne; Chaffin, Mark

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, v7 n4 p532-42 Dec 1992

Studied verbal disclosure of abuse in a sample of 28 children who presented with purely physical complaints later diagnosed as a sexually transmitted disease. Only 43 percent gave any verbal confirmation of sexual contact. Disclosure was strongly associated with the attitude taken by the child's caretaker toward the possibility of abuse. (RJM)

Descriptors: Attitudes, Child Abuse, Child Behavior, Child Caregivers, Children, Clinical Diagnosis, Disclosure, Elementary Education, Parent Child Relationship, Self Disclosure (Individuals), Sexual Abuse, Sexually Transmitted Diseases

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Language: English

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