TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Sexual offense disclosure assessment in youth referred to community treatment: a latent class analysis
JO  - Sexual abuse: a journal of research and treatment
A1  - Rumbarger, Kevin
A1  - Rounds, Jeff
A1  - Hart, Jonathan
A1  - Torres, Eunice
A1  - Foster, Katherine T.
A1  - Kolko, David J.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - This study seeks to extend research evaluating tools to assess the disclosure of sexually abusive behavior. The subjects were 239 male youth (ages 10-20 years) who were court-ordered to participate in a community-based collaborative intervention for sexual offending that includes outpatient and probationary services. All youth participated in an interview to capture referral incident details about admission, responsibility, empathy, and remorse at intake, during intervention, and at discharge. Intake, treatment, discharge, and recidivism measures were also collected from multiple sources. Latent class analysis identified three classes based on the intake interview: Empathetic Admitters (22%), Unempathetic Admitters (38%), and Unempathetic Deniers (40%). Significant class differences were found on intake (e.g., use of physical force, caregiver denial of youth responsibility), treatment (e.g., any sanctions/violations), and discharge measures (e.g., successful treatment, probation officer ratings), but not in recidivism rates. The findings extend efforts to identify and target different disclosure patterns whose clinical monitoring may support a comprehensive intervention.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1079-0632
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10790632221139165
ID  - ref1
ER  -