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Aspects of DisclosureMediators of Outcome of Childhood Sexual Abuse
SHARON LAMB
Bryn Mawr College
SUSAN EDGAR-SMITH
Bryn Mawr College
This research investigates the relationship between disclosure and adult outcome. In the study, 60 volunteers completed a phone interview regarding their history of sexual abuse, history of repeated disclosures, and current socioemotional functioning. Number of disclosures and number of positive disclosures were not related to adult functioning as measured by the Brief Symptom Inventory. Reactions to adulthood disclosure were perceived as significantly more helpful than reactions to childhood disclosures. Across all explored disclosures, the more direct the disclosure, the more negative the reaction. It is unclear, based on the lack of findings in this study, whether revealing sexual abuse has a healing effect.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 9, No. 3,
307-326 (1994)
DOI: 10.1177/088626094009003002
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