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| Sexual abuse: in psychology, sexual abuse refers to the involvement of a child or non-consenting adult in sexual activities they do not fully comprehend, are unable to give informed consent to, or that violate social and legal norms. It can include a range of behaviors, both physical and non-physical. Victims often experience significant psychological trauma, affecting their emotional and mental health._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Forensic Psychology on Sexual Abuse - Dictionary of Arguments
Slater I 108 Sexual abuse/children/suggestibility/stress/memory/forensic psychology: Aside from the theoretical significance of individual differences in the processing of trauma, the issue of parental discussion of stressful events with children is an important one forensically. >Memory/forensic psychology, >Stress/forensic psychology. Children who disclose child sexual abuse often do so to their mothers. The way in which the mother questioned the child during the disclosure and later the way in which the mother talked about the abuse with the child can become crucial legal issues, with defense attorneys often arguing that the mother lead the child into a false report of sexual abuse. Now ((s) after Ceci and Bruck’s Review 1993)(1)) that child forensic interviewers have become more familiar with the psychological literature and with the dangers of leading questioning, they use more open-ended questioning techniques. As a result, the focus for many attorneys is now on how the mother interviewed the child. >Suggestibility/Ceci/Bruck, >Suggestibility/Myers, >Suggestibility/social psychology, >Suggestibility/biological theories, >Arousal/psychological theories, >Stress/forensic psychology, >Memory/forensic psychology, >Forensic interviews. 1. Ceci, S. J., & Bruck, M. (1993). The suggestibility of the child witness: A historical review and synthesis. Psychological Bulletin, 113, 403–439. Kelly McWilliams, Daniel Bederian-Gardner, Sue D. Hobbs, Sarah Bakanosky, and Gail S. Goodman, „Children’s Eyewitness Memory and Suggestibility. Revisiting Ceci and Bruck’s (1993) Review“, in: Alan M. Slater & Paul C. Quinn (eds.) 2012. Developmental Psychology. Revisiting the Classic Studies. London: Sage Publications_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Forensic Psychology Slater I Alan M. Slater Paul C. Quinn Developmental Psychology. Revisiting the Classic Studies London 2012 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-20