FORENSIC SEXUAL ABUSE EVALUATIONS OF OLDER CHILDREN - DISCLOSURES AND SYMPTOMATOLOGY
FORENSIC SEXUAL ABUSE EVALUATIONS OF OLDER CHILDREN - DISCLOSURES AND SYMPTOMATOLOGY
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DOI：
10.1002/bsl.2370120306
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发表时间：
1994-06-01
影响因子：
1.4
通讯作者：
BRIERE, J
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作者：
ELLIOTT, DM;BRIERE, J
本研究考察了399名8至15岁儿童的法医鉴定结果，这些儿童因性虐待指控而在城市鉴定中心就诊。收集的数据包括人口统计、家庭环境和虐待变量、多学科法医评估的结果，以及通过儿童创伤症状检查表（TSCC; Briere，出版中）测量的心理困扰。儿童根据评估结果分组：未受虐待，被虐待-披露，和被虐待-不披露（由有虐待的外部证据但否认被虐待的儿童组成）。许多变量预测群体成员，包括受试者种族、性别、认知延迟、母亲对指控的信仰或不信仰，以及心理困扰。遭受过性虐待的暴露了虐待的儿童报告的痛苦程度特别高，遭受过虐待但没有暴露的儿童报告的痛苦程度最低，而没有遭受过虐待的儿童报告的症状水平处于中等水平。这些数据在法医评估中的否认作用、产妇支持和症状方面进行了讨论。
This study examines the results of forensic evaluations of 399 children between the ages of 8 and 15 who were seen at an urban evaluation center regarding allegations of sexual abuse. Data collected included demographic, family environment, and abuse variables, outcome of a multidisciplinary forensic evaluation, and psychological distress as measured by the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children (TSCC; Briere, in press). Children were grouped according to the outcome of the evaluation: nonabused, abused-disclosing, and abused-nondisclosing (composed of children for whom there was external evidence of abuse but who denied being abused). A number of variables predicted group membership, including subject race, sex, cognitive delays, mother's belief or disbelief in the allegation, and psychological distress. Sexually abused children who disclosed abuse reported particularly high levels of distress, abused but nondisclosing children reported the lowest levels, and nonabused children reported intermediate symptom levels. The data are discussed in terms of the role of denial, maternal support, and symptomatology in forensic evaluations.