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The Abuse Dimensions Inventory: Initial Data on a Research Measure of Abuse Severity.
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Chaffin, Mark; Wherry, Jeffrey N.; Newlin, Chris; Crutchfield, Anne; Dykman, Roscoe – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1997
Describes the development of an instrument designed to measure abuse characteristics and severity. The first study surveys professionals to determine rankings for abuse severity; the second examines interrater reliability; and the third study evaluates construct validity. Findings suggest that the instrument's scales can be reliably coded from…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Construct Validity, Rating Scales, Test Construction
Research in Action: Assessment and Treatment of Child Sexual Abusers.
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Chaffin, Mark – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1994
Reviews recent studies on child sexual abusers and abuser treatment and their implications for patient assessment and treatment. Reviews recidivism outcome studies from the perspective of their contributions to questions of which sort of treatments appear to be effective with which populations, and suggests that clinicians be aware of the need for…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Child Abuse, Counseling Effectiveness, Criminals
False Negatives in Sexual Abuse Disclosure Interviews: Incidence and Influence of Caretaker's Belief in Abuse in Cases of Accidental Abuse Discovery by Diagnosis of STD.
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Lawson, Louanne; Chaffin, Mark – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1992
Studied verbal disclosure of abuse in a sample of 28 children who presented with purely physical complaints later diagnosed as a sexually transmitted disease. Only 43 percent gave any verbal confirmation of sexual contact. Disclosure was strongly associated with the attitude taken by the child's caretaker toward the possibility of abuse. (RJM)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Child Abuse, Child Behavior, Child Caregivers