Contributions to the History of Psychology
L. French Historical Views on the Acceptability of Evidence regarding Child Sexual Abuse
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13660765 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jacqueline L Cunningham (The University of Texas at Austin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 343-353 |
| Publication date | 1988-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.1988.63.2.343 |
| PMID | 3065808 |
| OpenAlex | W2055241898 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 16 |
An historical view shows that much plasticity has existed in the acceptability of evidence regarding sexual abuse of children, depending on theoretical underpinnings and more strongly on emotional reactions to this topic. These relationships have been illustrated by 19th-century French authors in how they have seen the seriousness of the problem of sexual abuse in childhood, sought to document its incidence, and upheld the credibility of children's testimony. Three important historical perspectives regarding these issues are presented in this paper. Together, they represent a dialectic and contextual course in the psychological conceptualization of this topic similar to one repeated within our own times. They thus furnish a compelling case in favor of contemporary social constructionist theory and raise the related issue of alternatives to a staunch empiricist and inductivist approach to the planning and evaluation of research in this area
Child abuse · Child sexual abuse · Conceptualization · Credibility · Developmental psychology · Dialectic · Empiricism · Epistemology · Poison control · Seriousness · Sexual abuse · Suicide prevention · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Education, sociology, and vocational training · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Representations and Identity
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A Bibliography of Articles of Interest to Teachers of Psychology Appearing in Psychological Reports 1955–2010
An Audit of Competency Assessments on Court-Referred Rape Survivors in South Africa
Social science research in law
Centripetal and centrifugal trends in psychology
Children's eyewitness memory
Constructing psychology
La suggestibilité au point de vue de la psychologie individuelle
Beyond the two disciplines of scientific psychology
The social constructionist movement in modern psychology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2011 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |