Why children tell: A model of children's disclosure of sexual abuse

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 525-540

  Goodman Brown, Tina B ^a   Edelstein, Robin S ^b   Goodman, Gail S ^b   Jones, David P H ^c   Gordon, David S ^d  

^a Private Practice   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Disclosure; Model; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COGNITION; EMOTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCEST; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; RESPONSIBILITY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; TIME; VICTIM;

EID: 0037406418     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(03)00037-1     Document Type: Article

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