Citation

Bergner RM, Delgado LK, Graybill D. Child Abuse Negl. 1994; 18(4): 331-340.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Elsevier Publishing)

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Abstract

Finkelhor's (1979) Risk Factor Checklist factors were reexamined as predictors of childhood sexual abuse. Special procedures were employed, designed to facilitate a high degree of honest and diligent task implementation by the female college students who served as subjects, and to provide strong ethical safeguards for them. Results indicated (a) that subjects reported a relatively high incidence, 24.3%, of childhood sexual abuse; and (b) that the eight factors comprising the Risk Factor Checklist, employed individually and collectively, did not strongly and significantly predict sexual victimization. Only one factor, low family income, proved predictive, while three others showed trends in the predicted direction. Results sound a cautionary note regarding our ability to actuarially predict childhood sexual victimization. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Child Abuse & Neglect, 1994. Copyright © 1994 by Elsevier Science)

Child Abuse Causes
Child Abuse Risk Factors
Child Abuse Predictors
Child Abuse Victim
Child Sexual Abuse Causes
Child Sexual Abuse Predictors
Child Sexual Abuse Risk Factors
Child Sexual Abuse Victim
Child Victim
Child Female
Female Victim
Victimization Causes
Victimization Predictors
Victimization Risk Factors
Sexual Assault Causes
Sexual Assault Predictors
Sexual Assault Risk Factors
Sexual Assault Victim
College Student Research
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