Distinguishes between treatment process and outcome research. Suggests research questions that might be addressed, describing areas within process and outcome research that would be applicable to studying adult survivors of sexual abuse. Identifies methodological issues in these process and outcome research areas to which researchers must be…

Methodological issues are addressed for those who design studies that evaluate treatment efficacy among sexual abuse victims. Two areas of integrated inquiry are needed: studies that seek to determine the degree to which early sexual trauma differs from other early trauma, and studies that seek to understand how well different interventions fit…

Reviews the practices that characterize contemporary treatment of child victims and evaluates the status of empirical knowledge regarding the efficacy of these practices. The paper also explores the contextual factors that both ameliorate and exacerbate the negative effects of childhood victimization. It concludes with recommendations for…