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Dempster, Harriet L.; Roberts, Jacquie – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1991
An evaluation of one therapeutic service offered to sexually abused children in the United Kingdom exposed the methodological issue of false negatives among the comparison group, suggesting that researchers cannot assume that nonreferred comparison subjects have not actually experienced sexual abuse. (DB)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Control Groups, Foreign Countries, Intervention
