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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
Peer reviewedKinard, E. Milling – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1994
This paper identifies methodological and practical problems in studies of child maltreatment, including developing classification schemes for multiple forms of maltreatment; distinguishing between chronic maltreatment and isolated incidents; choosing criteria for selecting comparison groups; determining whether comparison groups have experienced…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Control Groups, Experimental Groups
