Telling interviewers about sexual abuse: Predictors of child disclosure at forensic interviews

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 100-113

  Lippert, Tonya ^a,d   Cross, Theodore P ^b   Jones, Lisa ^c   Walsh, Wendy ^c  

^a Dallas Children's Advocacy Center   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Child disclosure; Children's Advocacy Center; Forensic interview; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEX FACTORS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149495120     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559508318398     Document Type: Article

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