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Defining Child Sexual Abuse: Perspectives from Mothers Who Experienced this Abuse
Author(s) -
Lange Brittany C. L.,
Condon Eileen M.,
Gardner Frances
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
child abuse review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.569
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1099-0852
pISSN - 0952-9136
DOI - 10.1002/car.2648
Subject(s) - child sexual abuse , sexual abuse , psychology , affect (linguistics) , child abuse , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , clinical psychology , medicine , medical emergency , communication
Key Practitioner Messages The definition of child sexual abuse (CSA) is highly variable in the literature. This is problematic as these differing definitions affect research results, which in turn inform practice. A survey was conducted to ascertain survivors' definitions of CSA using both open‐ and closed‐ended questions. The findings can be used to inform discussions of the CSA definition used by researchers and policymakers, and to inform CSA assessment among practitioners.