Reluctance Versus Urge to Disclose Child Maltreatment: The Impact of Multi-Type Maltreatment
| Autor: | Rachel Lev-Wiesel, Maya First, Ruth Gottfried, Zvi Eisikovits |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Child abuse medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Emotions Poison control Disclosure Suicide prevention Neglect 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires 030225 pediatrics Injury prevention Humans Medicine Family 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Child Abuse Israel Psychiatry Psychological abuse Crime Victims Applied Psychology media_common business.industry 05 social sciences Arabs Clinical Psychology Physical abuse Social Perception Sexual abuse Jews Female Self Report business 050104 developmental & child psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 34:3888-3914 |
| ISSN: | 1552-6518 0886-2605 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0886260516672938 |
| Popis: | 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. |
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