Children tend to under-report the extent of their abuse experiences. Research studies comparing children’s reports of abuse with audio or video recordings of their abuse or perpetrators’ confessions indicated that children under-report.

Articles cited by Dutton:
Bidrose & Goodman, 2000; Cederborg et al., 2007; Dutton, 2011; Emerick & Dutton, 1993, Leander et al., 2005.

Areas of Inquiry and Summary for Expert Testimony and Supporting Research Citations
Wendy A. Dutton, M.A., Ph.D., LPC, February 2022