Semistructured Child Sexual Abuse Interviews: Interview and Child Characteristics Related to Credibility of Disclosure.

Wood, Barbara; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ516073

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1996

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ISSN: ISSN-0145-2134

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Semistructured Child Sexual Abuse Interviews: Interview and Child Characteristics Related to Credibility of Disclosure.

Wood, Barbara; And Others

Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, v20 n1 p81-92 Jan 1996

Analysis of interactions during 55 videotaped interviews of high-risk sex abuse cases found no support for the assumption that a credible disclosure of abuse must include the display of emotion by the child. Some behavioral differences between preschool and school-age children were found, but no gender differences. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Child Abuse, Credibility, Emotional Response, Individual Characteristics, Interviews, Preschool Children, Self Disclosure (Individuals), Sex Differences, Sexual Abuse

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Counselors; Researchers; Practitioners

Language: English

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