Interviewing for sexual abuse: Reliability and effect of interviewer gender

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 725-729

  Fry, Richard P W ^a   Rozewicz, Leon M ^a   Crisp, Arthur H ^a,b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Child and Family Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Interviewing; Reliability; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE;

EID: 0030221393     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0145-2134(96)00060-9     Document Type: Article

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