Children's knowledge of sexuality

A comparison of sexually abused and nonabused children

Bibliographic Data

ID9054516
AuthorsBetty N Gordon (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Carolyn S Schroeder (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), J Michael Abrams, Janet M Abrams (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Year1990
Volume60
Issue2
Pages250-257
Publication date1990-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9432 • E-ISSN: 1939-0025
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/h0079177
PMID2343892
OpenAlexW1998411940
LanguageEN
Citations received6

Sexually abused and nonabused children, matched for age and social class, were compared for knowledge of various aspects of sexuality. No differences between groups were found. Many of the abused children, however, gave unusual affective responses to the stimuli of the child interview, whereas none of the nonabused children did so. Implications for clinicians working with sexually abused children are discussed

Child abuse · Developmental psychology · Human sexuality · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Poison control · Sexual abuse · Sociology · Victimology · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child and Adolescent Health · Clinical Psychology · Counseling Practices and Supervision · Gender Studies · Medicine · Psychology