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dc.contributor.authorLahtinen, Hanna-Mari
dc.contributor.authorLaitila, Aarno
dc.contributor.authorKorkman, Julia
dc.contributor.authorEllonen, Noora
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-21T09:43:51Z
dc.date.available2021-02-01T22:35:10Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationLahtinen, H.-M., Laitila, A., Korkman, J., & Ellonen, N. (2018). Children’s disclosures of sexual abuse in a population-based sample. <i>Child Abuse and Neglect</i>, <i>76</i>, 84-94. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.10.011" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.10.011</a>
dc.identifier.otherCONVID_27311350
dc.identifier.otherTUTKAID_75476
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/58045
dc.description.abstractMost previous studies on disclosing child sexual abuse (CSA) have either been retrospective or focused on children who already have disclosed. The present study aimed to explore the overall CSA disclosure rate and factors associated with disclosing to adults in a large population-based sample. A representative sample of 11,364 sixth and ninth graders participated in the Finnish Child Victim Survey concerning experiences of violence, including CSA. CSA was defined as having sexual experiences with a person at least five years older at the time of the experience. Within this sample, the CSA prevalence was 2.4%. Children reporting CSA experiences also answered questions regarding disclosure, the disclosure recipient, and potential reasons for not disclosing. The results indicate that most of the children (80%) had disclosed to someone, usually a friend (48%). However, only 26% had disclosed to adults, and even fewer had reported their experiences to authorities (12%). The most common reason for non-disclosing was that the experience was not considered serious enough for reporting (41%), and half of the children having CSA experiences did not self-label their experiences as sexual abuse. Relatively few children reported lacking the courage to disclose (14%). Logistic regression analyses showed that the perpetrator’s age, the age of the victim at the time of abuse, and having no experiences of emotional abuse by the mother were associated with disclosing to an adult. The results contribute to understanding the factors underlying children’s disclosure patterns in a population-based sample and highlight the need for age-appropriate safety education for children and adolescents.fi
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofseriesChild Abuse and Neglect
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 4.0
dc.subject.otherchild sexual abuse
dc.subject.otherdisclosure
dc.subject.othernon-disclosure
dc.titleChildren’s disclosures of sexual abuse in a population-based sample
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-201805182682
dc.contributor.laitosPsykologian laitosfi
dc.contributor.laitosDepartment of Psychologyen
dc.contributor.oppiainePsykologiafi
dc.contributor.oppiainePsychologyen
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle
dc.date.updated2018-05-18T12:15:10Z
dc.type.coarhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1
dc.description.reviewstatuspeerReviewed
dc.format.pagerange84-94
dc.relation.issn0145-2134
dc.relation.numberinseries0
dc.relation.volume76
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dc.rights.copyright© 2017 Elsevier Ltd.
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dc.rights.urlhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.relation.doi10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.10.011
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