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O'Donohue, William, Lorraine T. Benuto, and Olga Cirlugea. "Analyzing Child Sexual Abuse Allegations." Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice 13, no. 4 (July 2013): 296–314. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15228932.2013.822245.

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Freeman, John. "Sexual abuse: tackling allegations." Children and Young People Now 2014, no. 18 (September 2, 2014): 10. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/cypn.2014.18.10.

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Berkowitz, Carol D. "Child Sexual Abuse." Pediatrics In Review 13, no. 12 (December 1, 1992): 443–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/pir.13.12.443.

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Child sexual abuse has been recognized with increasing frequency since the early 1980s, a trend attributable to a number of factors. Increased public awareness has led to programs, particularly in schools, facilitating disclosure by children about abuse. Likewise, parents are more likely now than previously to believe allegations children make about being abused by trusted extrafamilial friends and advisors. Additionally, the medical community is more knowledgeable about both the behaviors that may indicate abuse and the possible physical changes in the anogenital area of sexually abused children. Definition Child sexual abuse is the involvement of children and adolescents in sexual activity that they do not understand and to which they cannot give consent by virtue of their developmental level. There is chronological and developmental asymmetry between the individuals, and the activity is for the sexual gratification of the older individual. Incest involves sexual activities between individuals in whom such activity is prohibited by virtue of societal taboos. These restrictions involve individuals related by blood or by marriage. Sometimes physical abuse may result in injuries in the genital area. Such injuries are not sexual in intent. Epidemiology More than 2 million cases of child abuse are reported annually. Approximately 40% of these cases involve sexual abuse.
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Mantell, David M. "Clarifying erroneous child sexual abuse allegations." American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 58, no. 4 (1988): 618–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-0025.1988.tb01627.x.

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Paradise, Jan E., Anthony L. Rostain, and Madelaine Nathanson. "Substantiation of Sexual Abuse Charges When Parents Dispute Custody or Visitation." Pediatrics 81, no. 6 (June 1, 1988): 835–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.81.6.835.

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Recent news reports have implied that charges of sexual child abuse during parental separation or divorce are often deliberately falsified. Such a conclusion could be harmful if it biased practitioners faced with such allegations in clinical practice. To investigate this concern, sexual abuse cases in a hospital-based consecutive series and in one author's clinical practice were reviewed. Abuse allegations with and without a concomitant custody or visitation dispute were compared. A custody or visitation dispute occurred in 12 (39%) of 31 sexual abuse complaints lodged against a parent. Allegedly abused children whose parents contested custody or visitation were significantly younger than those for whom custody or visitation was not an issue (5.4 v 7.8 years, P = .02). Sexual abuse allegations were substantiated less frequently when there was concomitant parental conflict (67% v 95%, nonsignificant) but were nevertheless substantiated more than half of the time.
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O’Donohue, William, Lorraine T. Benuto, and Olga Cirlugea. "Analyzing Child Sexual Abuse Allegations: Further Considerations." Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice 14, no. 3 (May 27, 2014): 237–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15228932.2014.918476.

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Elterman, Michael F., and Marion F. Ehrenberg. "Sexual abuse allegations in child custody disputes." International Journal of Law and Psychiatry 14, no. 3 (January 1991): 269–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0160-2527(91)90008-b.

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Awad, George A. "The Assessment of Custody and Access Disputes in Cases of Sexual Abuse Allegations*." Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 32, no. 7 (October 1987): 539–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/070674378703200707.

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Sexual abuse allegations directed at one parent can arise in the context of custody and access disputes. The role of the clinician, when such allegations occur, is to provide an assessment of the total situation, taking the allegations into account. To assess the probability that sexual abuse has occurred involves a thorough assessment of the accuser, the accused, the accusation, the child, and different family subsystems. Particular attention should be paid to interviewing the young child with detailed focus on the interviewing process, how the interviews are reported and what conclusions may be drawn from them. Following a thorough assessment, the clinician may reach one of three conclusions: that the sexual abuse has probably occurred, has probably not occurred, or is unsure. A strong caution is given against becoming entangled in an endless process of trying to find out whether the allegations are true or false. Whatever conclusions are reached are but one factor in the recommendation regarding custody and/or access. Ultimately the recommendation will be made according to the best interests of the child, taking into account the child's relationships and attachments, as well as the sexual abuse allegations.
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Susan Penfold, P. "Mendacious Moms or Devious Dads? Some Perplexing Issues in Child Custody/Sexual Abuse Allegation Disputes." Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 40, no. 6 (August 1995): 337–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/070674379504000610.

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Objective To explore relevant literature about sexual abuse allegations arising in child custody disputes. Method A literature review of false allegations is given and the contribution of gender bias to this issue is discussed. The role a child psychiatrist may play in such cases is outlined. Results Contrary to much popular and professional opinion, sexual abuse allegations are found in only 2% of child custody disputes, and, of these, 8% to 16.5% are false. While false allegations arise for a variety of reasons, the word “false” can imply both erroneous and deceitful activities. This ambiguity, along with gender bias, may lead to disbelief of, and blame towards, parents who report sexual abuse in the context of a dispute about custody or access. Conclusion The child psychiatrist who testifies in such custody disputes should have caution, humility, and an open mind both in the courtroom and in dealing with other professionals working in this area.
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O’Donohue, William T., Ann N. Elliott, Mona Nickerson, and Susan Valentine. "Perceived Credibility of Children’s Sexual Abuse Allegations: Effects of Gender and Sexual Attitudes." Violence and Victims 7, no. 2 (January 1992): 147–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.7.2.147.

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We investigated whether sex role stereotyping, adversarial sexual beliefs, acceptance of interpersonal violence, sex of the subject, characteristics of the child (age, sex), and characteristics of the alleged perpetrator (stranger, father) affect judgments of the credibility of children’s reports that they have been sexually abused. Two hundred and fifty-five college students in a 3 x 2 x 2 factorial arrangement were given the Burt (1980) scales and asked to read a short vignette in which a child alleged that he/she was sexually abused and the accused male denied the abuse. Although the vast majority of subjects indicated that they believed the child was telling the truth, females rated the child’s credibility significantly higher than males F(l, 253) = 6.29, p = .01226. No other significant relationships were found. The results imply that the vast majority of individuals in a college sample tended to believe children’s sexual abuse allegations and that this credibility assessment is not influenced by characteristics of the child or perpetrator examined in this study. Implications of the truncated range of the dependent variable and of the Burt scales are discussed.
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Foote, Wendy Lee. "Child Sexual Abuse Allegations in the Family Court." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1986.

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This research is concerned with decision-making in judgments made in the Family Court of Australia where there are allegations of child sexual abuse. The focus of the research is the identification of the concepts that are relied on in the assessment of these allegations by professionals providing evidence to the court and how judges determine what evidence should be given weight and relied on. This research was undertaken against a historical and current backdrop of scepticism about the veracity of child sexual abuse allegations in family law disputes, despite the heightened risk to children, and in particular to girls, after their parents separate and/or divorce. In this context the Family Court is also increasingly becoming a part of the child protection system as allegations of abuse are raised in hearings. This research has taken place in the period of time after the Reform Act (1995) and before new proposed legislation for 2006 was proclaimed. This research is based on a detailed thematic analysis of 21 judgments of first instance trials between 1997 and 2001 that were selected for the presence of a child sexual abuse allegation and at least two professionals disputing some aspect of the allegation. Twenty-five family members, including 18 mothers and four maternal grandmothers, made allegations about 28 family members, 21 of whom were fathers. Professionals who gave evidence included 11 child protection officers and 20 court-ordered private assessors (including 17 child and family psychiatrists, three clinical psychologists and 11 court counsellors). This research found that the context of the allegation, the family law litigation, had a dominant influence on how the allegations were assessed and interpreted: the impact of two influential paradigms, the separation and divorce and the legal/psychiatric paradigms, resulted in a reticence to test out the allegations of child sexual abuse made against fathers. Concepts from these paradigms were applied by court-ordered assessors and represented the sceptical conceptualisation of allegations of child sexual abuse as the product of the parental conflict, associated maternal anxiety and mental illness. In contrast, fathers were not scrutinised as closely against criteria for sex offending even when they made admissions relating to the allegations. Evidence from and about children was not central to the hearings and professionals who were in a position to present assessments of the child sexual abuse allegations to the court were discredited as a result of concerns about ‘contamination’ relating to criticisms of investigation and other methodological errors. In addition, allegations from children were frequently not fully examined or analysed by assessors or the judiciary. There were glimpses of a child-focused approach in a small number of hearings and, while there was no specialist assessment of the child sexual abuse allegations, there was evidence of specialist knowledge pertaining to domestic violence in cases in which there was a high level of evidence relating to serious domestic violence. This research has shown that there is a continuing influence of a sceptical paradigm in relation to the assessment of child sexual abuse allegations in the Family Court. It suggests that the scope of assessments needs to go beyond the usual scope of parental competencies to include an assessment of the propensity for child sexual abuse perpetration and the dynamics and effects of incest.
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Robinson, Tanya Marie. "An explorative study of false allegations of child sexual abuse in divorce and custody proceedings in South Africa." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16797.

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False child sexual abuse allegations in divorce and custody proceedings are a disconcerting problem in South Africa having devastating effects on the family unit going through a divorce, and on society as a whole. Limited research has been done in South Africa on the subject matter (Janse Van Rensburg, 2008; McDonald, 1998; Preller, 2014).This study utilize General System's Theory, the Theory of Reasoned Action, the Theory of Planned Behaviour and the Crisis Theory to explore the subject matter. An explorative qualitative approach with a constructivist epistemology was utilised. The participants in this study involved thirty key informants, who included social workers, psychologists, counsellors and other professionals who specialise in divorce, custody and sexual abuse matters. A further five falsely accused parents and five accusing parents formed part of the sample. The data collection method used was that of in-depth interviews and research assistants were trained and appointed to gather the information. Notes were taken and the interviews were recorded to enable the necessary data analysis. Content and thematic data analyses were used to analyse the data and obtain the necessary results. The research findings indicate that false child sexual abuse allegations have a detrimental effect on the accused parent and explain the agony, severe trauma and emotional distress the falsely accused parent go through. There are various factors contributing towards false child sexual abuse allegations and results show that the impact of such allegations is11detrimental to the family system, the child and the falsely accused parent and brings disequilibrium to the family system that is very difficult to restore post-divorce. The mental health perspective on false child sexual abuse paints a rather bleak picture of the legal and social system and on adequately addressing the social issues at hand. Results highlight that false allegations are a complicated phenomenon and not all professionals nor the courts have the necessary skills to deal adequately with these matters. Research recommends amendments to South African Policy and Legislation, changes to the South African court system, and capacity building of mental health professionals. As this research is a ground-breaking study in South Africa, as no scientific research has been published on the subject matter, this study should be used as a basis for future research studies.
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Baker, Heather. "Approaching the language and processes for addressing and evaluating allegations of child sexual abuse in South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7990.

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The two studies conducted focus on the processes for addressing allegations of child sexual abuse (CSA) in South Africa. A comprehensive literature review revealed some of the pitfalls in South African systems for dealing with CSA allegations including a lack of guidelines for assessing allegations and insufficient research in the area. In the first study, mental health and legal/forensic professionals completed a questionnaire designed by the researcher to investigate the criteria they would use to establish the veracity of an allegation of sexual abuse. An indication of the degree of relevance of certain criteria (e.g. 'medical evidence of abuse') to assessment was established based on these results. In general, the responses of the two groups correlated but there were seven criteria on which they differed. Many of the participants also provided specific criteria in response to qualitative questions asking if there were any criteria they believe indicate that an allegation is definitely true or definitely false, indicating a belief that there are certain factors that conclusively point to sexual abuse and other factors that unambiguously indicate that an allegation is fictitious.
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Amendola, Marcia Ferreira. "Psicólogos no labirinto das acusações: um estudo sobre a falsa denúncia de abuso sexual de pai contra filho no contexto da separação conjugal." Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, 2006. http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=4910.

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Esta pesquisa teve por objetivo compreender como vêm sendo desempenhadas as práticas dos psicólogos que atuam em instituições de referência para atendimentos em casos de alegação de abuso sexual contra a criança. Para este fim, foram analisadas as declarações de dez pais acusados de abusar sexualmente dos filhos, por meio de questionário enviado e recebido por correio eletrônico. Este material permitiu apreender como os pais acusados compreendem a alegação de abuso sexual imputada contra eles e como operam no sentido de provar a inocência. Também foi possível registrar-lhes as impressões, dúvidas e sentimentos eliciados pelas acusações, o que deu subsídio à realização de entrevistas presenciais com psicólogos em etapa posterior. Foram realizadas entrevistas individuais semiestruturadas com cinco psicólogas de cinco instituições diferentes. As informações prestadas permitiram analisar aspectos como a abordagem teórica e os métodos de avaliação psicológica em casos de alegações de abuso sexual contra criança, incluindo uma discussão acerca da ocorrência de falsas denúncias de abuso sexual. A partir dessas informações, foi possível concluir que tais práticas tendem a privilegiar a palavra da criança, esta última, vista, por muitos, como aquela que deverá anunciar e qualificar a denúncia. Nesses termos, os pais são silenciados, enquanto as crianças são colocadas no lugar de responsáveis por decidir questões jurídicas em nome de seus direitos.
This research intended to understand how is being done the work of the psychologists who work in attendance institutions in cases of alleged child sexual abuse. For this purpose, were analyzed the statements of ten fathers accused to abuse the child sexually through questionnaires sent and received by e-mail. This material allowed to apprehend how the accused fathers understand the allegation of sexual abuse inflicted against them and how they work to prove their innocence. It was also possible to get their impressions, doubts and feelings elicited from the indictment, which gave information to raise interviews with psychologists afterwards. Individual semi-structured interviews had been carried through with five psychologists from five different institutions. The given information had allowed to analyze aspects such as the theoretical approach and the psychological evaluation methods in cases of allegations of child sexual abuse, including a quarrel concerning the occurrence of false indictments of sexual abuse. From these information on, it was possible to conclude that such practical tends to privilege the childs speech, who will have to announce and define the indictment. In this order, fathers are silenced while the children are placed as responsible for deciding legal questions on behalf of their rights.
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Turnbull, K. "Learning disability staff responses towards allegations of sexual abuse." Thesis, University of Salford, 2011. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/26947/.

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Peckham (2007) has argued that people with learning disabilities are at a greater risk of abuse than members of the general population however, no research has investigated paid carers' responses to allegations of sexual abuse. The current research aimed to investigate: factors affecting care staff responses in this situation, the relationship between attributions, emotions and helping responses, and test predictions derived from Weiner's (1985; 1986) cognitive-emotional model of attributions. A vignette methodology was used. Sixty four residential services support staff (32 females, 32 males) answered a questionnaire describing a scenario in which a service user alleged they had been sexually abused. The characteristics of the person making the allegation were varied across eight versions of the scenario according to gender, whether they were known to be sexually active and if they had reported being abused before. Participants were asked to describe what they thought the most likely cause (or causes) of the claimant's behaviour was, and then made judgements on 7- point rating scales as to the cause of the allegation, their own emotional response and their willingness to offer help. The data was analysed using 4-way ANOVAs and correlational techniques. Important results included: 1) the most common causal explanation given overall was that the claimant had been sexually abused and absolute levels of willingness to provide help for the service user were high across all situations; 2) all independent variables affected at least some part of attributions, emotions or helping behaviour; 3) there was evidence for gender differences in the treatment of sexual abuse allegations, with participant gender becoming a unexpected fourth variable; 4) the analysis indicated support for Weiner's (1985; 1986) model with the effects of willingness to help being mediated by emotions and optimism. Implications for learning disability practice, attribution theory and vignette methodology are discussed.
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Tennfjord, Oddfrid Skorpe. "Attitudes towards child sexual abuse." Doctoral thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Psychology, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-1922.

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The main purpose of the present thesis was to develop a measurement instrument aimed to reveal attitudes towards child sexual abuse, and to measure attitudes and associating personal, social and cultural factors among three different samples of Norwegian adults. Additional aims were to explore the relation between participants’ knowledge-seeking on the one hand, their experiences, attitudes and actual knowledge about abuse on the other hand.

Three studies are presented based on the same data material collected in Norway in spring 2004. Three samples were included in the survey: A sample of randomly selected adults between 18-67 years (n = 296). A sample of active Christians between 22-65 years (n = 125) and finally a sample of imprisoned child sexual offenders between 21-74 years (n = 36).

Study I was primarily concerned about the development and validation of a new measurement instrument, entitled Attitudes towards child sexual abuse (ACA). The scale consisted of four different attitudinal dimensions. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) confirmed the four-factor structure. The four dimensions were entitled 1) Acceptance and responsibility, 2) Fatalism, 3) Damages caused by abuse, and 4) Legal issues. The result showed that there were significant attitude differences across the samples. The differences were in the expected direction e.g. offenders reported more abuse-accepting attitudes than the random adults and active Christians, and men had more abuse-accepting attitudes than women. This confirms the discriminative properties of ACA. Furthermore, the factors hypothesized to be associated with attitudes towards abuse behaved as expected, e.g. high empathy was related to more averse attitudes. Conclusively, the scale was found to be valid and reliable.

Study II further investigated attitudes towards abuse and explored cultural, social and personal factors associated with these attitudes. The results showed that different factors were predictors of attitudes in the three samples. Empathy and normlessness were the best predictors of attitudes among the random sample of adults and the active Christians. The most significant predictors of attitudes among the prisoners were their view of women and femininity. This may imply that different intervention strategies should be chosen depending on the target group.

Study III aimed to explore attitudes towards and knowledge-seeking about child sexual abuse among the samples. It was hypothesized that those who seek more knowledge had more accurate knowledge about abuse, and that the difference in knowledge-seeking and attitudes were related to the respondents’ own experience with abuse. It was furthermore expected that both knowledge-seeking and attitudes were predictors of abusive behaviour. The results suggested that attitudes and knowledge-seeking differed across samples and gender. The active Christians had most aversive attitudes towards child sexual abuse and sought more knowledge about abuse than the comparing samples. The respondents who reported high knowledge-seeking seemed to have more knowledge of abuse as well. However, a more comprehensive measurement of both knowledge-seeking and actual knowledge is recommended in future studies. Knowledge-seeking was related to both direct and indirect experience, e.g. victims of abuse had higher knowledge-seeking compared to non-victims and those who knew a victim had higher knowledge-seeking than those who did not know a victim. Abusive behaviour was predicted by attitudes, gender and sample. Knowledge-seeking did not predict abusive behaviour.

Taken together, the three studies showed that the hypothesized attitudinal differences between the three samples, were confirmed. Furthermore, the expected relation between attitudes on the one hand and social, cultural, and personality factors and knowledge-seeking on the other hand, was supported. The result as a whole may serve as a guide to interventions aimed to prevent abuse.

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Carter, Shevaun Kirsten. "Perpetrators of child sexual abuse." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2017. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/7691/.

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The National Society of Protection and Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) estimate that 1 in 20 children are a victim of sexual abuse (Bentley, O’Hagan, Raff, & Bhatti, 2016). Furthermore, recent figures indicate that there has been a rise in child sexual abuse cases across the UK. Research into perpetrators of child sexual abuse have focused primarily on male offenders. Researchers have explored the cognitive distortions of male offenders and developed theories of sexual offending based on the risk factors associated with this population. More recently, studies have explored the core beliefs and schemas of child offenders to understand the factors that underpin their cognitive distortions. This empirical paper explores the Early Maladaptive Schemas and Implicit Theories of mentally disordered child sex offenders. Historically, societal perspectives of women indicated that females were highly unlikely to perpetrate sexual offences against children. More recent findings suggest that females account for approximately 5% of all sexual offenders across the UK, Canada, USA, Australia and New Zealand. However, this statistic varies depending on the data gathering methods employed: self-report studies indicate higher prevalence rates of female perpetrated sexual abuse compared to case report studies. This systematic review explores societal perspectives of female child sex offenders compared to male perpetrators.
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Lyons, Jennifer. "Sexual Abuse Characteristics and Psychological Functioning among Male Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/37585.

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Childhood sexual abuse among males has been associated with many negative psychological outcomes. Studies have attempted to identify which sexual abuse characteristics (e.g., duration, age of onset) are associated with mental health difficulties. While informative, this research has been mostly limited to variable-centered analyses, which do not capture the heterogeneity in males’ abuse experiences and psychological presentations. This two-part dissertation advances our understanding of how best to measure childhood sexual abuse and how to account for the diversity of sexual abuse experiences and outcomes among men using a person-centered approach. Given that there are few validated measures of childhood sexual abuse, the first study examined the psychometric properties of a commonly-used measure in the sexual abuse literature, the Sexual Victimization Survey (SVS; Finkelhor, 1979). Once the validity and reliability of the SVS were established, the SVS was used to generate profiles on the basis of abuse characteristics (Study 2). Data for both studies were drawn from a sample of 302 males (85% Caucasian) aged 18 to 65 years seeking support for childhood sexual abuse. Participants completed a modified version of the SVS as well as the sexual abuse subscale of the Childhood Experiences of Violence Questionnaire-Short Form (CEVQ-SF; Tanaka et al., 2012). Twenty-one males completed the SVS again one week later for test-retest purposes. The SVS showed high inter-rater reliability on sexual abuse status and sexual abuse characteristics. Most males (85%) who endorsed sexual abuse on the SVS did so on the CEVQ-SF, resulting in fair concurrent validity. The SVS showed perfect one-week test-retest reliability on abuse status, as well as good to excellent agreement on sexual abuse characteristics between the initial and one week time points. Given the strong psychometric properties of the modified SVS, it was then used to generate childhood sexual abuse profiles in Study 2. Once participants with significant missing data were deleted, 215 men remained and were included in the generation of profiles. Latent profile analyses revealed three distinct profiles which varied in the severity of abuse experiences. The Severe profile (n = 56, 26%) depicted sexual abuse which began in mid-childhood and consisted of a one or two time fondling by an unfamiliar extrafamilial perpetrator. Men in the More Severe profile (n = 71, 33%) also experienced abuse in mid-childhood by an extrafamilial perpetrator, but experienced more severe sexual acts that spanned several months to several years. Men in this profile were emotionally closer to their perpetrators prior to abuse onset than males in the Severe profile. The Most Severe profile (n = 88, 41%) depicted abuse which began in early childhood and consisted of very severe sexual acts by trusted individuals both within and outside of the family. Men in the Most Severe were significantly more likely to concurrently have experienced child emotional and physical abuse as well as a greater number of non-victimization adversities, compared with men in the other two profiles. Profiles varied with respect to psychological outcomes. Males in the More Severe and Most Severe profiles reported significantly more internalizing problems than men in the Severe profile, and men in the Most Severe profile reported significantly more trauma symptoms than men in the Severe profile. Certain contextual variables were also associated with greater psychological difficulties, namely greater present-day use of avoidant coping predicted more internalizing and externalizing problems, as well as greater trauma symptoms. Worse childhood family functioning was associated with more internalizing and externalizing problems, and disclosure of the abuse (compared to non-disclosure) was associated with more externalizing problems and trauma symptoms. These results have several research and clinical implications, including tailoring assessment and treatment to meet the individual needs of male survivors.
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Muga, Jerusha Atieno. "Child sexual abuse in Christian families." Berlin Viademica-Verl, 2010. http://d-nb.info/1001930541/04.

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Swanston, Heather Yvette. "Five Years After Child Sexual Abuse." University of Sydney. Paediatrics and Child Health, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/573.

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Introduction Child sexual abuse is a common problem. Psychological and behavioural problems in children and adults who have experienced child sexual abuse have been associated with the abuse. Little research has been conducted which has been long-term, prospective, involved substantiated sexual abuse, included a control group, took into account mediating factors, utilised multiple data sources, relied on standardised measures and had a high follow-up rate. Aim The aims of this study were to compare a cohort of sexually abused young people with a group of nonabused peers and to establish predictors of psychological and behavioural outcome. Method This study was a follow-up which was long-term, prospective, involved a sample of children with substantiated sexual abuse, included a control group, took into account mediating factors, utilised multiple data sources, relied on standardised measures and had a high follow-up rate. Eighty-four sexually abused young people were followed up five years after presenting to Children�s Hospitals� Child Protection Units for sexual abuse and were compared to a group of 84 nonabused young people of similar age and sex. The two groups were compared on the basis of demographic variables, family functioning, mother�s mental health and life events; the outcome measures of depression, self-esteem, anxiety, behaviour, criminal activity, alcohol and other drug use, eating problems, running away, suicide attempts, self-injury, hopefulness, despair and attributional style; and potential mediating factors such as further notifications to the Department of Community Services, receipt of psychological treatment, legal action against offenders and victims compensation. Potential predictors of outcome were (1) demographic variables, (2) sexual abuse characteristcs, (3) intake data and (4) five year follow-up variables. Main findings Follow-up rates were 81percent (n equals 68) for cases and 89percent (n equals 75) for controls. Five years after presenting for the sexual abuse, the sexually abused young people were performing more poorly than their nonabused peers on various measures of psychological state and behaviour. Although the abused children had experienced more negative life events (p<.001), were from lower socio-economic groups (p<.0001), had more changes in parent figures (p<.001) and had mothers who were more psychologically distressed (p equals .03), multiple regression analysis showed that after allowing for these and other demographic and family factors, there were still significant differences between the groups after the 5 years. The abused children displayed more disturbed behavior (p equals .002), had lower self-esteem (p<.001), were more depressed or unhappy (p<.001) and were more anxious (p equals .03) than controls. Sexually abused children had significantly higher levels of bingeing (p equals .02), self-injury (p equals.009) and suicide attempts (p equals .03). Significant predictors of psychological and behavioural outcome were significantly related to family and parent functioning variables. Abuse status was not a significant predictor when offered to each of the predictive models. Significant predictors of outcome included the following intake variables: family functioning, mother�s mental health, whether parents were employed or not, behaviour scores, prior notifications for neglect, history of parental discord and whether there were caregiver changes or not prior to intake. The classification of the index sexual abuse event as indecent assault and whether there were notifications for sexual abuse prior to the index event also significantly predicted outcome. Five year follow-up variables which were significant predictors of outcome were the young person�s age, number of negative life events, attributional style, self-esteem, depression, number of parent changes, anxiety, despair, whether there were notifications for abuse/neglect after intake and having a parent with a history of drug/alcohol problems. Conclusions Difficulties associated with child sexual abuse continue for some years after the abuse event. Child sexual abuse needs to be considered as a possible antecedent of behaviour and psychological difficulties in young people. Treatment and monitoring should continue for some years after the abuse. Treatment may need to be directed more towards young people�s psychological states rather than focusing specifically on the sexual abuse. Family and parent functioning may need to be addressed early in order to prevent some of the behavioural and psychological difficulties associated with the long-term outcome of child sexual abuse.
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Books on the topic "Child sexual abuse allegations"

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Assessing allegations of child sexual abuse. Sarasota, FL: Professional Resource Press, 1996.

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Kathryn, Kuehnle, ed. Child custody litigation: Allegations of child sexual abuse. New York: Haworth Press, 2005.

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Halliday, Linda. Sexual abuse: Examining false allegations. Campbell River, B.C: Ptarmigan Press, 1988.

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H, Vachss Andrew. False allegations. New York: Knopf, 1996.

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Plach, Tom. Investigating allegations of child and adolescent sexual abuse: An overview for professionals. Springfield, Ill: Charles C Thomas, Publisher, 2008.

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Vachss, Andrew H. False allegations. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996.

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Ombudsman, Victoria. Improving responses to allegations involving sexual assault. Melbourne, VIC: Ombudsman Victoria, 2006.

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Assessing allegations of sexual abuse in preschool children: Understanding small voices. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 1999.

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Tara, Ney, ed. True and false allegations of child sexual abuse: Assessment and case management. New York: Brunner/Mazel, 1995.

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Force, Hampshire/Franklin Child Sexual Abuse Task. Addressing child sexual abuse allegations in probate and family court: A protocol. [Northampton, Mass.]: Hampshire/Franklin Child Sexual Abuse Task Force, 1996.

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Book chapters on the topic "Child sexual abuse allegations"

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Jacquin, Kristine M., and Audrey G. Masilla. "Evaluating Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse in Custody Disputes." In Handbook of Child Custody, 163–76. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13942-5_15.

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O’Donohue, William T., Olga Cirlugea, Natalie Bennett, and Lorraine T. Benuto. "Psychological and Investigative Pathways to Untrue Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse." In Forensic Interviews Regarding Child Sexual Abuse, 257–73. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21097-1_14.

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Robin, Michael. "False Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse: Implications for Policy and Practice." In The State as Parent, 263–80. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1989. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1053-9_22.

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Di Blasio, Paola, Sarah Miragoli, and Rossella Procaccia. "The Role of PTSD in Understanding Child Allegations of Sexual Abuse." In Post-Traumatic Syndromes in Childhood and Adolescence, 175–98. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470669280.ch9.

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Raskin, David C., and Max Steller. "Assessing Credibility of Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse: Polygraph Examinations and Statement Analysis." In Criminal Behavior and the Justice System, 290–302. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1989. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-86017-1_19.

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Rey-Salmon, Caroline, Camille Jung, and Marc Bellaiche. "Sexual Abuse." In Child Abuse, 215–42. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65882-7_11.

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Krase, Kathryn, and Tobi DeLong Hamilton. "Sexual Abuse." In Child Welfare, 95–112. 1 Edition. | New York City : Routledge Books, 2020.: Routledge, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315437019-8.

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McCoy, Monica L., and Stefanie M. Keen. "Sexual Abuse." In Child Abuse and Neglect, 142–78. 3rd ed. New York: Routledge, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429356353-9.

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Snow, Robert L. "Child Sexual Abuse." In Family Abuse, 32–51. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6120-4_2.

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Deblinger, Esther. "Child Sexual Abuse." In Comprehensive Casebook of Cognitive Therapy, 159–67. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9777-0_15.

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Feng, Jiayi, Yingliang Hao, and Zhihao Deng. "A Review of Child Sexual Abuse." In 2021 2nd International Conference on Mental Health and Humanities Education（ICMHHE 2021）. Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210617.070.

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Kurniawati, Dewi. "Interpersonal Communications in Preventing Child Sexual Abuse." In 1st International Conference on Social and Political Development (ICOSOP 2016). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/icosop-16.2017.5.

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Cahyani, Dewi Mirna Fitri Nur, and Permatasari Elok. "A Plot Twist: Dating Sexual Behavior Becomes Child Sexual Abuse." In 1st International Conference on Law and Human Rights 2020 (ICLHR 2020). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210506.012.

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Maria A, Simonova. "Child Sexual Abuse: Social and Socio-cultural Aspects." In 3rd International Conference on Advanced Research in Teaching and Education. GLOBALKS, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.33422/3rd.icate.2020.11.127.

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Hauck, Fern, Sarah Blackstone, and Kawai Tanabe. "Risk of Postneonatal Infant Mortality Associated With Prior Founded Allegations of Child Abuse." In NAPCRG 50th Annual Meeting — Abstracts of Completed Research 2022. American Academy of Family Physicians, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1370/afm.21.s1.3839.

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Al-Nabki, Mhd Wesam, Eduardo Fidalgo, Enrique Alegre, and Rocío Aláiz-Rodríguez. "File Name Classification Approach to Identify Child Sexual Abuse." In 9th International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods. SCITEPRESS - Science and Technology Publications, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5220/0009154802280234.

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Sofian, A., I. Hermawati, and E. Winarno. "Effect of Environment and Technology on Child on Child Sexual Abuse in Indonesia." In Proceedings of The 1st Workshop Multimedia Education, Learning, Assessment and its Implementation in Game and Gamification, Medan Indonesia, 26th January 2019, WOMELA-GG. EAI, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/eai.26-1-2019.2283262.

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Laranjeira da Silva, Camila, Joao Macedo, Sandra Avila, and Jefersson dos Santos. "Seeing without Looking: Analysis Pipeline for Child Sexual Abuse Datasets." In FAccT '22: 2022 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3531146.3534636.

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G, Saique Deo Angelo. "PW 0138 Health rights inpreventing child ‘integrating sexual reproductive abuse’." In Safety 2018 abstracts. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprevention-2018-safety.271.

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Yovitha, Yuliejantiningsih, Rakhmawati Dini, and Maulia Desi. "Preventing Child Sexual Abuse for Early Childhood Trough Maternal and Child Health Services Empowerment." In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Education and Social Science Research (ICESRE 2018). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/icesre-18.2019.29.

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Reports on the topic "Child sexual abuse allegations"

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Merrill, Lex L., Jennifer M. Gulmond, Cynthia J. Thomsen, and Joel S. Milner. Child Sexual Abuse and Number of Sexual Partners in Young Women: The Role of Abuse Severity Coping Style and Sexual Functioning. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, January 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada421112.

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Stewart, Kelly. Preventing Child Sexual Abuse and Juvenile Offending Through Parental Monitoring. Portland State University Library, January 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.15760/etd.6858.

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Brown, Sarah. Key messages from research on child sexual abuse perpetrated by adults. The Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse, July 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.47117/nkue4918.

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Latzman, Natasha E., Cecilia Casanueva, and Melissa Dolan. Defining and understanding the Scope of Child Sexual Abuse: Challenges and Opportunities. RTI Press, November 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.3768/rtipress.2017.op.0044.1711.

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The enormous individual, familial, and societal burden of child sexual abuse has underscored the need to address the problem from a public health framework. Much work remains, however, at the first step of this framework — defining and understanding the scope of the problem, or establishing incidence and prevalence estimates. In this occasional paper, we provide an overview of the ways researchers have defined and estimated the scope of child sexual abuse, focusing on agency tabulations and large-scale surveys conducted over the last several decades. More precise estimates of the number of children affected by child sexual abuse would improve the ability of the public health, child welfare, pediatrics, and other communities to prevent and respond to the problem. We recommend using a comprehensive surveillance system to assess and track the scope of child sexual abuse. This system should be grounded by common definitional elements and draw from multiple indicators and sources to estimate the prevalence of a range of sexually abusive experiences.
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Trew, Sebastian, Daryl Higgins, Douglas Russell, Kerryann Walsh, and Maria Battaglia. Parent engagement and involvement in education for children and young people’s online, relationship, and sexual safety : A rapid evidence assessment and implications for child sexual abuse prevention education. Australian Catholic University, August 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.24268/acu.8w9w4.

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[Excerpt] We recently conducted a rapid evidence review on educational programs that focus on child sexual abuse (CSA) prevention (Trew et al., 2021). In that review, we learned that child-focused CSA prevention education could be enhanced by looking at how to improve the parent engagement or involvement. We know from a previous review (Hunt & Walsh, 2011), that parents’ views about CSA prevention education are important. But further evidence is needed to develop concrete strategies for strengthening parent engagement in appropriate and effective ways. As identified in the above-mentioned review (Trew et al., 2021), prominent researchers in the CSA prevention field have noted that if prevention efforts are to be successful, it is imperative to include parents (Hunter, 2011; Mendelson & Letourneau, 2015; J. Rudolph & M.J. Zimmer-Gembeck, 2018; Wurtele & Kenny, 2012). This research focuses on two complementary aspects of parent engagement in CSA prevention: (i) parent participation in parent-focused CSA prevention (ii) parent participation in school-based or child-focused CSA prevention.
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Moore, Tim, and Morag McArthur. Take notice, believe us and act! Exploring the safety of children and young people in government run organisations : A report for the Tasmanian Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government's responses to child sexual abuse in institutional settings. Australian Catholic University, May 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.24268/acu.8xw6w.

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A new typology of child sexual abuse offending. The Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse, March 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.47117/gpwc2722.

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Children with a language disorder are vulnerable to sexual abuse. Acamh, October 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.13056/acamh.10585.

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Preliminary data suggest that children with language disorder may be at an increased risk of child sexual abuse (CSA),1,2 but few have studied the CSA experiences, disclosure patterns or reactions to disclosure in these children.
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Scaling up advocacy for gender-based violence and child sexual abuse in the East, Central and Southern Africa region: Technical exchange and meeting. Population Council, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/rh3.1020.

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