Child sexual abuse: Victim age, victim gender, and observer gender as factors contributing to attributions of responsibility

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1239-1252

  Back, Sudie ^a   Lips, Hilary M ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b RADFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributions of responsibility; Child sexual abuse; Victim blame

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 0031740846     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(98)00098-2     Document Type: Article

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