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Levesque, Mireille; Bigras, Marc; Pauze, Robert – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2012
The purpose of this study was to identify personal and family predictors and correlates of persistence of problematic sexual behaviors (PSB) in children. Participants were the families of 49 children (ages 4-11 years) referred by Child Protective Services in 4 administrative districts of Quebec. Caregivers completed interviews and questionnaires…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Persistence, Preadolescents, Foreign Countries
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Kouyoumdjian, Haig; Perry, Andrea R.; Hansen, David J. – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2009
This study examined the influence of parental expectations on the functioning of sexually abused children. Participants included 67 sexually abused youth and 63 of their nonoffending primary caregivers. Parental expectations about how sexual abuse will impact children were predictive of parents' ratings of children's behavior at pretreatment,…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Caregivers, Parents
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Bolen, Rebecca M.; Lamb, J. Leah – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2007
The purpose of this study was to compare how parental support, attachment of the parent, and the child's report regarding the quality of the parent/child relationship differentially relate to child and parent reports of the child's symptomatology. After controlling for those variables that covary with it, parental support was only significantly…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Parent Child Relationship, Sexual Abuse, Attachment Behavior
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Schneider, M.W.; Ross, A.; Graham, J.C.; Zielinski, A. – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 2005
Objectives:: To understand the features of child abuse/neglect (CA/N) allegations in cases with emotional maltreatment (EMT) allegations, as well as the features of the EMT allegations themselves, and to describe any associations of EMT with distinct impairments of children's behavior, emotion and functioning. Method:: The sample consisted of 806…
Descriptors: Severity (of Disability), Psychological Patterns, Family Characteristics, Child Behavior
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Cyr, Mireille; Wright, John; Toupin, Jean; Oxman-Martinez, Jacqueline; McDuff, Pierre; Theriault, Chantal – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2003
Maternal support received by sexual abuse victims is considered a key factor in coping with the aftermath of abuse. The present study looked at four groups of potential predictors of maternal support: mother's psychosocial characteristics, abuse characteristics, victim's characteristics, and disclosure characteristics. A total of 120 adolescents…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Adolescents, Victims of Crime, Mothers
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Leslie, Laurel K.; Hurlburt, Michael S.; Landsverk, John; Barth, Richard; Slymen, Donald J. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2004
Objective: To determine factors influencing the use of outpatient mental health services provided by mental health professionals (OMHS) for children in foster care using a national probability sample in the United States. Method: As part of the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being, detailed survey data were collected on 462 children,…
Descriptors: Health Services, Child Behavior, Check Lists, Sexual Abuse