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The child sexual abuser: perceptions of college students and professionals.
Full Abstract
College students and members of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) were compared as to their beliefs and attitudes concerning perpetrators of child sexual abuse. Analyses of a 44-item inventory (assessing beliefs about an abuser's demographics and attitudes concerning an abuser's cognitions and behaviors) indicated that the groups differed on perceived demographic descriptors (e.g., students believed perpetrators to be older when they first begin offending, more educated, and more likely to be gay than the professionals) and behaviors (e.g., students believed that the perpetrator was more likely to use force to gain the child's compliance). In addition, 2 subscales (Cognitive Distortions and Perceived Social Functioning) were identified. Compared to professionals, students were less likely to believe perpetrators use cognitive distortions and were more likely to believe perpetrators function at a lower interpersonal level. Results are discussed in terms of the efforts to educate the public about the characteristics of child sexual abusers.
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Author information
Author/s: Fuselier, Daniel A (DA); Durham, Robert L (RL); Wurtele, Sandy K (SK);
Affiliation: University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, PO Box 7150, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80907-7150, USA.
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article
Journal: Sexual abuse : a journal of research and treatment (Sex Abuse), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Jul; vol 14 (issue 3) : pp 271-80
Dates: Created 2002/06/28; Completed 2002/07/30; Revised 2004/11/17;
PMID: 12087687, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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