Factors Influencing Believing and Blaming in Reports of Child Sexual Abuse: Survey of a Community Sample

REFERENCES

• Attias , R. and Goodwin , J. 1985 . Knowledge and management strategies in incest cases: A survey of physicians, psychologists and family counselors. . Child Abuse and Neglect , 9 : 527 – 533 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Benedek , E. P. and Schetky , D. H. 1986 . The child as witness. . Hospital and Community Psychiatry , 37 : 1225 – 1229 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Berliner , L. and Barbieri , M. K. 1984 . The testimony of the child victim of sexual assault. . Journal of Social Issues , 40 ( 2 ) : 125 – 137 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Broussard , S. D. and Wagner , W. G. 1988 . Child sexual abuse: Who is to blame? . Child Abuse and Neglect , 12 : 563 – 569 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Conte , J. R. and Berliner , L. 1981 . Sexual abuse of children: Implications for practice. . Social Casework , 62 : 601 – 606 .
   Google Scholar
• Corder , B. F. and Whiteside , R. W. 1988 . A survey of juror's perception of issues related to child sexual abuse. . American Journal of Forensic Psychology , 6 ( 3 ) : 37 – 43 .
   Google Scholar
• Crewdson , J. 1988 . By silence betrayed. Boston : Little, Brown and Company. .
   Google Scholar
• Dhooper , S. S. , Royse , D. D. and Wolfe , L. C. 1991 . A statewide study of the public attitudes toward child abuse. . Child Abuse and Neglect , 15 : 37 – 44 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Eisenberg , N. , Owens , R. G. and Dewey , M. E. 1987 . Attitudes of health professionals to child sexual abuse and incest. . Child Abuse and Neglect , 11 : 109 – 116 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Finkelhor , D. 1979 . Sexually victimized children. New York : Free Press. .
   Google Scholar
• Finkelhor , D. and Baron , L. 1986 . “ High-risk children. ” . In A sourcebook on child sexual abuse Edited by: Finkelhor , D. 60 – 88 . Beverly Hills : Sage Publications. .
   Google Scholar
• Finkelhor , D. , Hotaling , G. , Lewis , I. A. and Smith , C. 1990 . Sexual abuse in a national survey of adult men and women: Prevalence, characteristics, and risk factors. . Child Abuse and Neglect , 14 : 19 – 28 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Goodman , G. S. , Golding , J. M. and Haith , M. M. 1984 . Juror's reactions to child witnesses. . Journal of Social Issues , 40 ( 2 ) : 139 – 156 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Groth , A. N. , Hobson , W. F. and Gary , T. S. 1986 . “ The child molester: Clinical observations. ” . In Out of harm s way: Readings on child sexual abuse, its prevention and treatment Edited by: Haden , D. C. 140 – 154 . Phoenix, AZ : Oryx Press. .
   Google Scholar
• Jackson , T. L. and Ferguson , W. P. 1983 . Attribution of blame in incest. . American Journal of Community Psychology , 11 : 313 – 322 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jackson , T. L. and Sandberg , G. 1985 . Attribution of incest blame among rural attorneys and judges. . Women & Therapy , 4 ( 3 ) : 39 – 56 .
   Google Scholar
• Johnson , M. K. and Foley , M. A. 1984 . Differentiating fact from fantasy: The reliability of children's memory. . Journal of Social Issues , 40 ( 2 ) : 33 – 50 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kelley , S. J. 1990 . Responsibility and management strategies in child sexual abuse: A comparison of child protective service workers, nurses, and police officers. . Child Welfare , 69 : 43 – 51 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kermani , E. J. 1993 . Child sexual abuse revisited by the U.S. Supreme Court. . Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , 32 : 971 – 974 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Kovera , M. B. , Borgida , E. , Gresham , A. W. , Swim , J. and Gray , E. 1993 . Do child sexual abuse experts hold pro-child beliefs? A survey of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. . Journal of Traumatic Stress , 6 : 383 – 404 .
   Google Scholar
• Montan , C. , Burgess , A. W. , Grant , C. A. and Hartman , C. R. 1989 . The case of two trials: Father-Son incest. . Journal of Family Violence , 4 : 95 – 103 .
   Google Scholar
• Perlmutter , M. and Ricks , M. 1979 . Recall in preschool children. . Journal of Psychology , 27 : 423 – 436 .
   Google Scholar
• Peters , S. D. , Wyatt , G. E. and Finkelhor , D. 1986 . “ Prevalence. ” . In A sourcebook on child sexual abuse Edited by: Finkelhor , D. 15 – 59 . Beverly Hills : Sage Publications. .
   Google Scholar
• Russell , D. E. H. 1986 . The secret trauma. New York : Basic Books. .
   Google Scholar
• Saunders , E. J. 1987 . Police officers' attitudes toward child sexual abuse: An exploratory study. . Journal of Police Science and Administration , 15 : 186 – 191 .
   Google Scholar
• Saunders , E. J. 1988 . A comparative study of attitudes toward child sexual abuse among social work and judicial system professionals. . Child Abuse and Neglect , 12 : 83 – 90 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Summit , R. C. 1983 . The child sexual abuse accommodation syndrome. . Child Abuse and Neglect , 7 : 177 – 193 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Wagner , W. G. , Aucorn , R. and Johnson , J. T. 1993 . Psychologists' attitudes concerning child sexual abuse: The impact of sex of perpetrator, sex of victim, and victim response. . Journal of Child Sexual Abuse , 2 : 61 – 74 .
   Google Scholar
• Waterman , C. K. and Foss-Goodman , D. 1984 . Child-molesting: Variables relating to attribution of fault to victims, offenders, of nonparticipating parents. . The Journal of Sex Research , 20 : 329 – 349 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Waterman , C. K. and Foss-Goodman , D. April 1985 . “ Attribution of fault to victims of child molesting: A comparison of college students and older adults in the surrounding community. ” . In Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex, Philadelphia. April ,
   Google Scholar
• Yarmey , A. D. and Jones , H. P. T. 1983 . “ Is the psychology of eyewitness identification a matter of common sense? ” . In Evaluating witness evidence Edited by: Lloyd , S. M. and Clifford , B. R. 13 – 40 . New York : Wiley. .
   Google Scholar