Citation

Johnson PA, Owens RG, Dewey ME, Eisenberg NE. Child Abuse Negl. 1990; 14(3): 419-428.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Elsevier Publishing)

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Abstract

Despite the recent increase in interest in the area of child sexual abuse, few studies have explored the attitudes of professionals involved in working with children. The present study investigates variables relating to the attribution of censure by two professional groups (teachers and social workers), to a victim of father-daughter incest. the father, and nonparticipating mother. Subjects were given one of four brief histories of a 14-year-old girl who had been sexually abused by her father. Cases varied according to whether the child had/had not resisted her father's advances and whether she had/had not had other sexual experiences. Subjects then completed a questionnaire and indicated the extent to which they attributed censure to the child, her mother, and father, and the extent to which they believed she would he affected by her experiences. Results showed that responses were influenced by the level of resistance, other sexual experiences, and respondents' sex and occupation. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Child Abuse & Neglect, 1990. Copyright © 1990 by Elsevier Science)

Professional Perceptions
Child Abuse Perceptions
Child Abuse Effects
Child Abuse Victim
Child Abuse Offender
Child Female
Child Sexual Abuse Perceptions
Child Sexual Abuse Effects
Child Sexual Abuse Offender
Child Sexual Abuse Victim
Psychological Victimization Effects
Father-Daughter Incest
Father Offender
Daughter Victim
Domestic Violence Effects
Domestic Violence Perceptions
Domestic Violence Offender
Domestic Violence Victim
Female Victim
Adult Male
Adult Offender
Adult Parent
Adult Violence
Male Offender
Male Violence
Incest Effects
Incest Offender
Incest Perceptions
Incest Victim
Sexual Assault Effects
Sexual Assault Perceptions
Sexual Assault Offender
Sexual Assault Victim
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