Expected Consequences of Disclosure Revealed in Investigative Interviews with Suspected Victims of Child Sexual Abuse
By Lindsay C. Malloy, Sonja P. Brubacher, M. Lamb. 2011
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The current study explored the expected consequences of disclosure discussed by 204 5- to 13-year-old suspected victims of child sexual abuse during the course of investigative interviews conducted using the NICHD Investigative Interview Protocol. Expected consequences were mentioned in nearly half of all interviews, with older children and those alleging multiple incidents more likely to do so. Most consequences were mentioned spontaneously by children and most consequences were expected to befall the children themselves. The most common consequences were physical harm and feeling negative emotions for the child and jail/legal consequences for the suspect. Expecting consequences for the child or another family member were associated with delaying disclosure, but expecting consequences for the suspect was not related to delay. Results provide insight into developmental and socio-motivational influences on children's disclosure of negative events and are of considerable practical interest to legal and clinical professionals who must interview, treat, and evaluate children alleging sexual abuse.
Subfields: Clinical Psychology
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- 35. Interviewing children. (2014, background): “Studies examining children who ultimately disclosed their abuse support the contention that fears of negative consequences to the perpetrator, the self, and others close to the child deter immediate disclosure (Goodman-Brown et al. 2003, Hershkowitz et al. 2007, Malloy et al. 2011).”