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022			_a0033-2917
040			_aWSS _dAFV
100			_91142 _aFergusson, David M.
245			_aThe stability of child abuse reports : _ba longitudinal study of the reporting behaviour of young adults _cFergusson, D.M. (David Murray); Horwood, Leonard John; Woodward, Lianne J.
260			_c2000
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520			_aThe study discussed in this article used longitudinal report data from a birth cohort of young people studied in the Christchurch Health and Development Study. Data on physical and sexual abuse was used to examine the stability and consistency of retrospective abuse reports. Questions about childhood exposure to physical punishment and sexual abuse were asked at ages 18 and 21 years. The sample members were also assessed on measures of psychiatric disorder and suicidal behaviour. The authors examined the extent to which stability and instability in reports of abuse were related to the presence of psychiatric disorder both prior to, and following the reporting of abuse. The results indicate substantial unreliability in the reporting of child abuse. This arose because those who were subject to abuse often provided false negative reports. The authors suggest that the consequences of the errors appear to be that estimates of abuse prevalence based on a single report are likely to seriously underestimate the true prevalence of abuse; while estimates of the relative risk of psychiatric adjustment problems conditional on abuse appear to be robust to the effects of reporting errors.
650	2	7	_2FVC _aCHILD PROTECTION _9118
650	2	7	_aChristchurch Health and Development Study _94067
650	2	7	_2FVC _aMENTAL HEALTH _9377
650	2	7	_2FVC _aSTATISTICS _9575
650	2	7	_9103 _aCHILD ABUSE _2FVC
651	2	4	_aNEW ZEALAND _92588
700	1		_aHorwood, Leonard John _91381
700	1		_aWoodward, Lianne J. _92348
500			_aPsychological Medicine 30 (3) May 2000 : 529-544
773	0		_tPsychological Medicine 30 (3) May 2000 : 529-544
856	4		_uhttp://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0033291799002111 _zAccess the abstract
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