Children's abilities to recognize a " good" person as a potential perpetrator of childhood sexual abuse

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 490-495

  Kenny, Maureen C ^a   Wurtele, Sandy K ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood education; Childhood sexual abuse; Offenders; Prevention

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD SAFETY; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OFFENDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RECOGNITION; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SKILL RETENTION; AGE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC; LEARNING; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SAFETY; SCHOOL; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIMINALS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SAFETY; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953702886     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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