Factors associated with entry into therapy in children evaluated for sexual abuse

Predictors of Treatment Engagement in Ethnically Diverse, Urban Children Receiving Treatment for Trauma Exposure

“…al, 2005;Hurlburt et. al, 2004;Staudt, 2003;Tingus, Heger, Foy & Leskin, 1996;Zimmerman, 2005). However, the research findings about African…”

“…Finally, children who have been physically or sexually abused may be more likely to enter and stay in treatment than children who have been neglected (New & Berliner, 2000;Staudt, 2003). One advantage of the current study is that it examines a much more comprehensive set of traumas (therapists assess for children's exposure to twenty different forms of trauma, listed in Table 7) than previous studies, which have generally looked at one, two or three traumas (New & Berliner, 2000;Staudt, 2003;Tingus et. al, 1996;Walrath et.…”

“…al, 2006). In addition, a number of studies have found that children repeatedly exposed to trauma stay in treatment longer than children who have only been exposed to a single traumatic incident (New & Berliner, 2000;Tingus et. al, 1996).…”

Police Reporting and Professional Help Seeking for Child Crime Victims: A Review

“…For example, research has found that child sexual abuse victims who are involved in the justice system due to prosecution of their offenders are more likely to receive mental health services ( T i n p s , Heger, Foy, & Leskin, 1996). This may be in part because such children gct referred to services by their criminal justice contacts, but it also may be because the justice system sees itin the interest of the case for the child to get support or to have a professional with ongoing contact with the child.…”

Nonoffending Mothers of Sexually Abused Children

“…Social services and courts often place children in foster care to give parents an opportunity to demonstrate their willingness to protect their children from future trauma. However, the threat of a child's removal is often not enough to compel parents to adequately respond to their children's needs or comply with court ordered assessments (Butler et al 1994 ;Famularo et al 1989 ;Tingus et al 1996 ). A mother's belief that her child's abuse has occurred, her child needs counseling, and she needs to separate her child from the offender, were not signifi cant factors in determining whether or not the mother kept the child's fi rst counseling appointment (Haskett et al 1991 ).…”