Issues in the definition of child sexual abuse in prevalence research.
Issues in the definition of child sexual abuse in prevalence research.
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流行率研究中儿童性虐待定义的问题。
DOI：
10.1016/0145-2134(86)90084-0
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发表时间：
1986
影响因子：
4.8
通讯作者：
Peters,SD
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作者：
Wyatt,GE;Peters,SD
尽管努力促进定义儿童性虐待的统一标准，但个别研究人员采用的定义仍然存在差异。本文重点关注四项代表性研究，描述了所用定义的差异，并研究了这些差异如何导致估计虐待发生率的差异。相似点和不同点存在于几个方面：儿童性虐待的年龄上限、用于将特定性经历定义为虐待的标准、包含或排除涉及同龄人的经历，以及对青春期发生的事件使用不同的标准。一项研究使用了稍微宽松一些的滥用定义，其患病率是根据其他研究人员的定义重新计算的。这使得被认定为受虐待的人数减少了 14%。虽然这是一个重大变化，但它仅解释了患病率差异的一部分，表明需要检查其他因素（例如方法差异）对患病率的影响。还讨论了与儿童性虐待定义有关的历史和法律问题。
Despite efforts to promote uniform criteria for defining child sexual abuse, there are still variations in the definitions adopted by individual researchers. This paper focuses on four representative studies, describes differences in the definitions used and examines how such differences may contribute to discrepancies in the estimated prevalence of abuse. Similarities and dissimilarities are identified in several areas: the upper age limit for child sexual abuse, the criteria used to define a given sexual experience as abusive, the inclusion or exclusion of experiences involving age peers, and the use of different criteria for incidents occurring during adolescence. Prevalence rates from one study, which used a slightly less restrictive definition of abuse, were recalculated based on the definitions of other researchers. This resulted in a 14% decrease in the number of individuals identified as abused. While this is a substantial change, it accounts for only a portion of the discrepancy in prevalence rates, suggesting that other factors, such as methodological differences, need to be examined with regard to their impact on prevalence rates. Historical and legal issues pertaining to the definition of child sexual abuse are also discussed.