Concordance between adolescent reports of childhood abuse and child protective service determinations in an at-risk sample of young adolescents

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-26

  Everson, Mark D ^a   Smith, Jamie B ^a   Hussey, Jon M ^a   English, Diana ^b   Litrownik, Alan J ^c   Dubowitz, Howard ^d   Thompson, Richard ^e   Knight, Elizabeth Dawes ^a   Runyan, Desmond K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Child Welfare League of America   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e Juvenile Protective Association

Author keywords

A CASI; Audio Computer Assisted Self Interview; Child Protective Services; Concordance; Disclosure; Physical abuse; Psychological abuse; Sexual abuse; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ADVOCACY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; RECALL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ADVOCACY; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 37649009475     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559507307837     Document Type: Article

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