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Runyan, Desmond K.; And Others – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1994
This paper describes development of the Intervention Stressors Inventory, a scale measuring the level of stress that sexually abused children experience from various interventions, such as police interviews, social worker interviews, placement in foster care, and testimony in court. Interviews with 254 sexually abused children and their parents…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Intervention, Measurement Techniques, Rating Scales
Peer reviewedRunyan, Desmond K. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1998
The research needs in the epidemiology of child sexual abuse are discussed in terms of: a definition of epidemiology, the clash between the medical and legal cultures, statistical concerns, the relationship of social class or poverty with child sexual abuse, the need for cross-cultural research, intervention studies, studies of service…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Cultural Influences, Definitions, Epidemiology
