Measuring violence against children: A COSMIN systematic review of the psychometric and administrative properties of adult retrospective self-report instruments on …

B Steele, L Neelakantan, J Jochim… - … Violence, & Abuse, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Valid, meaningful, and reliable adult retrospective measures of violence against children
(VAC) are essential for establishing the prevalence, risk factors, and long-term effects of …

Possible paths to increase detection of child sexual abuse in child and adolescent psychiatry: a meta-synthesis of survivors' and health professionals' experiences of …

SH Stige, AC Andersen, JE Halvorsen… - … journal of qualitative …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background Efforts are directed both towards prevention and early detection of Child sexual
abuse (CSA). Yet, only about 50% of CSA survivors disclose before adulthood, and health …

The clustering of adverse childhood experiences in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children: are gender and poverty important?

RE Lacey, LD Howe, M Kelly-Irving… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Previous research has demonstrated a graded relationship between the number of Adverse
Childhood Experiences reported (an ACE score) and child outcomes. However, ACE scores …

Understanding expert testimony on child sexual abuse denial after New Jersey v. JLG.: Ground truth, disclosure suspicion bias, and disclosure substantiation bias

TD Lyon, S Williams… - Behavioral Sciences & the …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The New Jersey Supreme Court held in New Jersey v. JLG (2018) that experts can
no longer explain to juries why sexually abused children might deny abuse. The court was …

The impact of adverse childhood experiences on depression: the role of insecure attachment styles and emotion dysregulation strategies

Z Ye, X Wei, J Zhang, H Li, J Cao - Current Psychology, 2024 - Springer
Objectives: The previous studies have reported that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)
can have detrimental effects on victims' attachment styles, emotion regulation strategies and …

Childhood sexual abuse: A longitudinal study of disclosures and denials

DT Hartman, Y Wang, Y Wu, D Goldfarb… - Child …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
In legal cases regarding child sexual abuse (CSA), children have various options, such as to
disclose or deny maltreatment. When interviewed in adulthood, their accounts may be …

'Nothing happened': Legal implications of false denials among abused children

CA Bücken, H Otgaar, K London… - Child Abuse …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
People lie on a frequent basis. However, when a victim of maltreatment lies by denying the
abuse, lies can become forensically relevant. We have reviewed the relevant literature on …

Predicting disclosure latency in substantiated cases of child sexual abuse

E Gewehr, B Hensel, R Volbert - Child Abuse & Neglect, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective Children who experience sexual abuse (CSA) often delay disclosure, thus
impeding early interventions. This study explores predictors of disclosure latency in a …

Children's disclosures of physical abuse in a population-based sample

HM Lahtinen, A Laitila, J Korkman… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Few studies have explored the disclosure of child physical abuse although child sexual
abuse disclosure has been widely studied and debated for years. The present study …

Child sexual abuse in Mexican women: Type of experience, age, perpetrator, and disclosure

P Rueda, M Ferragut, MV Cerezo… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a type of maltreatment that occurs in practically all countries
and social statuses. Due to the taboo and shame that surrounds it, CSA is a problem …