Do Parents Blame or Doubt Their Child More when Sexually Abused by Adolescents versus Adults?

Autor/inn/en	Walsh, Wendy A.; Cross, Theodore P.; Jones, Lisa M.
Titel	Do Parents Blame or Doubt Their Child More when Sexually Abused by Adolescents versus Adults?
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 27 (2012) 3, S.453-470 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260511421671
Schlagwörter	Sexual Abuse; Child Abuse; Adolescents; Multivariate Analysis; Parent Attitudes; Children; Criminals; Adults; Victims of Crime; Age Differences; Racial Differences; Psychological Patterns + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sexueller Missbrauch; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Multivariate Analyse; Elternverhalten; Straftäter; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Rassenunterschied
Abstract	Although the importance of parental support for child sexual abuse victims is well documented, the nature of parental support for victims sexually abused by adolescents is less understood. In this exploratory study, we examine whether parents differ in their levels of blame or doubt for their child when sexually abused by adolescents versus adults. Data included 161 reports of child sexual abuse. Parental blame toward their child was higher when sexually abused by an adolescent versus an adult suspect. In the bivariate and multivariate analysis, parental blame was significantly higher as victim age increased, for Black, non-Hispanic children, and when there was an adolescent suspect. Practitioners need to recognize that high levels of blame and doubt could exist for adolescent victims of sexual abuse and when children are sexually abused by adolescents. (Contains 3 tables and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10