The real controversy about child sexual abuse research: Contradictory findings and critical issues not addressed by Rind, Tromovitch, and Bauserman in their 1998 outcomes meta-analysis

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 157-182

  Tice, Pamela Paradis ^a,b,c   Whittenburg, John A ^a,b,c   Baker, Gail ^a,b,c   Lemmey, Dorothy E ^a,b,c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SSTAR(Social Systems Traning and Research) Inc   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Critique; Long term effects; Meta analysis; Methodology; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SEXUALITY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0035727337     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J070v09n03_08     Document Type: Review

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