Identifying and understanding factors that promote or inhibit child sexual abuse (CSA)
disclosures has the potential to facilitate earlier disclosures, assist survivors to receive …

Children and young people often choose not to disclose sexual abuse, thus preventing
access to help and allowing perpetrators to continue undetected. A nuanced understanding …

OBJECTIVE To systematically assess the evidence for an association between sexual
abuse and a lifetime diagnosis of psychiatric disorders. PATIENTS AND METHODS We …

This paper reviews the research on disclosure of child sexual abuse with specific reference
to delays in disclosing, non‐disclosure and partial disclosure of experiences of child sexual …

Context Many patients presenting for general medical care have a history of sexual abuse.
The literature suggests an association between a history of sexual abuse and somatic …

Sexual abuse toward children and adolescents is a stark reality worldwide. A common
misperception about child sexual abuse (CSA) is that it is a rare event perpetrated against …

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to investigate disclosure rates and disclosure
patterns and to examine predictors of non-disclosure in a sample of male and female …

A prospective methodology was used to explore predictors of sexual assault disclosure
among college women, identify who women tell about sexual victimization, and examine the …

This study evaluates and synthesizes qualitative evidence addressing factors affecting a
child's decision to disclose an experience of sexual abuse. Childhood sexual abuse is a …

This clinical report updates a 2005 report from the American Academy of Pediatrics on the
evaluation of sexual abuse in children. The medical assessment of suspected child sexual …