Children's disclosures of sexual abuse: Learning from direct inquiry

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 343-352

  Schaeffer, Paula ^a   Leventhal, John M ^a   Asnes, Andrea Gottsegen ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Disclosure; Forensic interview

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GUILT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL CRIME; THINKING; TRUST; VICTIM;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNECTICUT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; NARRATION; SELF DISCLOSURE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 79956332516     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2011.01.014     Document Type: Article

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