TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1994//
TI  - Finkelhor's Risk Factor Checklist: A Cross-Validation Study
JO  - Child abuse and neglect
A1  - Bergner, Raymond M.
A1  - Delgado, Leslie K.
A1  - Graybill, Daniel
SP  - 331
EP  - 340
VL  - 18
IS  - 4
N2  - 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 01-05<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0145-2134
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
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