To Whom Disclosure Made, and Effects of Disclosure
This summary by Wendy Dutton discusses whom children may tell about sexual abuse and how responses to disclosure are described as relating to later disclosure and trauma symptoms. It also lists research articles cited in support of the summary.
Types of Disclosure
Wendy Dutton’s summary distinguishes accidental, prompted, and purposeful disclosures of child sexual abuse, defining each by how the disclosure begins. It lists research citations associated with these categories.
Under-Disclosure of Sexual Abuse
This brief resource states that children may report less detail about abuse experiences than is reflected in recordings or perpetrators’ confessions, and lists five related citations. It is attributed to a February 2022 document titled “Areas of Inquiry and Summary for Expert Testimony and Supporting Research Citations.”