Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Reluctance Versus Urge to Disclose Child Maltreatment: The Impact of Multi-Type Maltreatment. |
| Authors: |
Lev-Wiesel, Rachel1 rlev@univ.haifa.ac.il, First, Maya1, Gottfried, Ruth1,2,3, Eisikovits, Zvi4 |
| Source: |
Journal of Interpersonal Violence. Sep2019, Vol. 34 Issue 18, p3888-3914. 27p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*Child abuse, *Child sexual abuse, *Communication, *Comparative studies, *Statistical correlation, *Emotions, *Schools, *Self-evaluation, *Adverse childhood experiences, Psychology of adult child abuse victims, Age distribution, Arabs, Chi-squared test, Epidemiological research, Ethnic groups, Emotional trauma, Questionnaires, Research funding, Statistical sampling, Scale analysis (Psychology), Self-disclosure, Sex distribution, T-test (Statistics), Disease prevalence, Data analysis software, Descriptive statistics |
| Geographic Terms: |
Israel |
| Abstract: |
Child maltreatment is a major public health issue in Israel. According to a recent Israeli national epidemiological survey, approximately half of Jewish and Arab girls and boys between the ages 12 and 17 experienced at least one type of child maltreatment, at any severity level. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the influence of multi-type maltreatment on Israeli children and youth survivors' reluctance versus urge to disclose; with the effects of gender, age, and ethnicity taken into account. The study is important since non-disclosure has deleterious effects in terms of continuation of the abuse, delays in criminal prosecution and commencement of treatment. A self-report questionnaire incorporating the following instruments was administered: the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire, the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, and the Disclosure of Trauma Questionnaire. The sample consisted of 6,253 Jewish and Arab children and youth who reported experiencing at least one lifetime child maltreatment event. Study results indicated that children and youth's reluctance to disclose is positively associated with their emotional reactions to disclosure, as well as with higher instances of child maltreatment exposure; whereas urge to talk is negatively correlated with their emotional reactions to disclosure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Education Research Complete |
