Sexual Abuse Disclosure Mediates the Effect of an Abuse Prevention Program on Substantiation

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dc.contributor.authorElfreich, M. R., Stevenson, M. C., Sisson, C., Winstead, A. P., & Parmenter, K. M.
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-10T19:51:30Z
dc.date.available2022-03-10T19:51:30Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractAlthough abuse prevention programs have proliferated, little research has explored the direct effects of such programs on actual child sexual abuse disclosure rates, and no research has explored the effects of such programs on child sexual abuse substantiation. Employing a quasi-experimental design, the present research reflects an exploration of the effects of exposure to the Think First and Stay Safe™ abuse prevention program on abuse disclosure rates of 319 children who underwent a child forensic interview within 2015–2018 in a Midwestern child advocacy center. Supporting our mediational hypotheses, children exposed (vs. not exposed) to the Think First and Stay Safe™ program were significantly more likely to disclose abuse during the forensic interview, which in turn predicted significantly increased abuse substantiation likelihood.en_US
dc.identifier.citationElfreich, M. R., Stevenson, M. C., Sisson, C., Winstead, A. P., & Parmenter, K. M. (2020). Sexual abuse disclosure mediates the effect of an abuse prevention program on substantiation. Child maltreatment, 25(2), 215-223.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://faculty.evansville.edu/ms446/Publications_files/Elfreich-Stevenson-Sisson-Winstead-Parmenter-2019.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/5363
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherChild Maltreatmenten_US
dc.subjectchild sexual abuseen_US
dc.subjectpreventionen_US
dc.subjectdisclosureen_US
dc.subjectoutcomesen_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.titleSexual Abuse Disclosure Mediates the Effect of an Abuse Prevention Program on Substantiationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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