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Cromer, Lisa D. 2008-02-10T03:23:02Z 2008-02-10T03:23:02Z 2006-06 https://hdl.handle.net/1794/2901 xviii, 80 p. A print copy of this title is available through the UO Libraries under the call number: KNIGHT RC560.C46 C76 2006 The purpose of the current study was to investigate factors that influence the believing of child sexual abuse (CSA) disclosures. CSA is a major public health issue (WHO, 2002). Approximately one third of females and one sixth of boys will be sexually abused before the age of 18 (Kendall-Tackett, Williams, & Finkelhor, 1993), yet most victims do not disclose the abuse until long after it occurred, if ever (London, Bruck, Ceci, & Shuman, 2005). Not disclosing has many deleterious effects for victims including not stopping chronic abuse and not receiving therapeutic interventions (Ullman, 2003). Fear of not being believed is a major deterrent against disclosure (Goodman-Brown, Edelstein, Goodman, Jones, & Gordon, 2003) and not being believed when one discloses has negative psychological and physiological health effects (Ullman, 2003). Therefore, the question about factors that influence believing disclosures is related to public health. Adviser: Dr. Jennifer J. Freyd. 161862 bytes 2276 bytes 4283351 bytes 2571 bytes text/plain text/plain application/pdf text/plain en_US University of Oregon University of Oregon theses, Dept. of Psychology, 2006, Ph.D. Bias Child abuse Child sexual abuse Believing Gender Disclosure Child sexual abuse -- Reporting Factors That Influence The Believing Of Child Sexual Abuse Disclosure Thesisopen.access