Factors Influencing Believing and Blaming in Reports of Child Sexual Abuse: Survey of a Community Sample.

Rubin, Miriam L.; Thelen, Mark H.

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ERIC Number: EJ540520

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1996

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Factors Influencing Believing and Blaming in Reports of Child Sexual Abuse: Survey of a Community Sample.

Rubin, Miriam L.; Thelen, Mark H.

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, v5 n2 p81-100 1996

Questionnaires consisting of vignettes in which 11-year-old girls reported being sexually abused were completed by 202 respondents. A majority of respondents viewed the reports of sexual abuse as truthful; however, they conveyed confusion regarding why some alleged victims retract their reports or do not resist their abusers. Gender differences in believing and blaming were significant. (LSR)

Descriptors: Child Abuse, Credibility, Emotional Response, Females, Responses, Sex Differences, Sexual Abuse, Victims of Crime

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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