The intervention stressors inventory: A measure of the stress of interventionfor sexually abused children

Runyan, Desmond K.; Hunter, W W; Everson, Mark D.; Whitcomb, Debra; Vos, Edward De

doi:10.1016/0145-2134(94)90034-5

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“…Many of the included studies had small sample sizes, inadequate measurement of maternal support, and used measures of support that were insufficient and lacked adequately reported psychometric properties. Specifically, maternal support was measured via a subjective chart review conducted by nonresearchers (Heriot, 1996; Pintello & Zuravin, 2001) or using maternal support instruments with limited or unknown psychometric properties (e.g., Bolen & Lamb, 2007; Cohen & Mannarino, 1996, 1998; Deblinger et al, 1999; Everson et al, 1989; Leifer et al, 2001; Pintello & Zuravin, 2001) or that assessed support using 1 item (Everson et al, 1989; Runyan et al, 1992).…”

Section: Maternal Support and Children’s Symptomsmentioning

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Maternal Support as a Predictor of Children’s Sexualized Behaviors Following Childhood Sexual Abuse

2018

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Although previous studies have concluded that maternal support following children's sexual abuse disclosures is an important predictor of children's symptoms, the empirical data to support this is limited. Much of the small prior literature has used measures of maternal support without adequately reported psychometric properties, which may obscure the true relationship between support and children's sexual behaviors. Further, it is unclear whether maternal support is related to children's sexual acting out in the context of known predictors of sexual behaviors. The purposes of the current study were to (1) examine the relationships between support and children's sexual behaviors and (2) determine whether support is related to sexual behaviors after controlling for known predictors among 161 treatment-seeking children (6-12 years old; M = 8.70, SD = 2.69) and their nonoffending mothers. In the bivariate analyses, emotional support was negatively related to children's sexual behaviors, whereas maternal blame/doubt was positively correlated with sexual behaviors. Nonetheless, after controlling for other predictors, emotional support predicted developmentally related sexual behaviors but not sexual abuse-specific sexual behaviors. Levels of emotional support and blame/doubt predicted children's total sexual behaviors, after accounting for identified predictors, suggesting that support may play a small role in understanding children's sexual behaviors.

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Section: Maternal Support and Children’s Symptomsmentioning

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Maternal Support as a Predictor of Children’s Sexualized Behaviors Following Childhood Sexual Abuse

2018

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“…Criminal litigation is often protracted. Research indicates the delays in the court process exacerbate child trauma (Runyan, Hunter, Everson, & Whitcomb 1994). Sometimes prosecutor delays the child's individual or group treatment to avoid the defense's challenge that the child's account has been contaminated and to try to ensure the child will be emotional on the witness stand.…”

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Sexual Abuse Issues

Faller¹

2014

Child Welfare for the Twenty-First Century

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“…For example, Rosenthal, Feiring, and Taska (2003) reported that NOC support was moderately related to children’s postdisclosure depression, self-perception, and sexual anxiety. Thériault, Cyr, and Wright (2003) found that one (Parental Behaviors and Attitudes Questionnaire; Bergeron, Valla, Breton, Gaudet, & Berthiaume, 1993) of the two measures of maternal support was weakly to moderately related to children’s postdisclosure anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress symptoms, sexual problems, dissociation, and anger, whereas the other measure of maternal support (Parental Responses After Disclosure Scale; Everson, Hunter, Runyan, & Edelsohn, 1989; Runyan et al, 1992) was only related to anxiety. Bolen and Lamb (2007) reported a strong relationship between NOC support and delinquent behavior, and a moderate relationship with anger and externalizing behaviors.…”

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“…In several studies, this relationship simply did not materialize (Cyr et al, 2003; De Jong, 1988; Gries et al, 2000; Leifer, Kilbane, & Grossman, 2001; Leifer, Kilbane, & Skolnick, 2002; Mannarino & Cohen, 1996; Paredas, Leifer, & Kilbane, 2001; Quas, Goodman, & Jones, 2003). Even more common among studies assessing the relationship between NOC support and postdisclosure functioning in children was to have a mixture of significant and nonsignificant findings (Bolen & Lamb, 2007; Cohen & Mannarino, 1996, 2000; Everson et al, 1989; Gomes-Schwartz et al, 1990; Hazzard, Celano, Lawry, & Webb, 1995; Johnson & Kenkel, 1991; Leifer & Shapiro, 1995; Leifer et al, 1993; Morrison & Clavenna-Valleroy, 1998; Reyes, 2008; Rosenthal et al, 2003; Runyan et al, 1992; Smith et al, 2010; Spaccarelli & Fuchs, 1997; Thériault, Cyr, & Wright, 2003; Tremblay et al, 1999). Indeed, many studies had more null relationships, and sometimes many more, than significant relationships between NOC support and postdisclosure functioning in children (Bolen & Lamb, 2007; Cohen & Mannarino, 1996; Gomes-Schwartz et al, 1990; Hazzard et al, 1995; Leifer et al, 1993; Leifer & Shapiro, 1995; Reyes, 2008; Rosenthal et al, 2003; Smith et al, 2010).…”

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A Meta-Analytic Review of the Relationship Between Nonoffending Caregiver Support and Postdisclosure Functioning in Sexually Abused Children

Bolen

Gergely

2014

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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Postdisclosure caregiver support has long been considered a key factor in the functioning of children after their disclosure of sexual abuse, and numerous studies and reviews support this relationship. Yet, a closer look at this literature suggests that support for this relationship might not be as strong or consistent as reported. The purpose of this article is to review studies assessing the relationship between caregiver support of sexually abused children and postdisclosure functioning of their children. Studies were collected using various search engines, and the tables of contents of certain child maltreatment journals were reviewed. To be included, studies had to be published prior to 2012 and to quantitatively capture the bivariate relationship between a quantified assessment of nonoffending caregiver (NOC) support anytime after the child's sexual abuse disclosure and a quantified assessment of at least 1 of the 11 types of postdisclosure functioning in the children. Twenty-nine studies met the criteria to be included. In the meta-analysis, Pearson's Product Moment Correlation, transformed to a Fisher's Z, was used as the effect size. Potential moderators of effect size were also coded and assessed. Postdisclosure caregiver support was significantly related to 3 of the 11 different types of postdisclosure functioning in children. However, the largest effect size was .170, and 8 of the 11 types of postdisclosure functioning in children had effect sizes smaller than ±.100. Few moderators of the relationship between NOC support and postdisclosure functioning in children were found. Minimal support for the relationship between caregiver support of sexually abused children and children's postdisclosure functioning was found. At this time, it is impossible to determine whether this weak relationship can be attributed to the many methodological weaknesses in the measurement of caregiver support or whether caregiver support is not related to postdisclosure functioning in children.

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The intervention stressors inventory: A measure of the stress of interventionfor sexually abused children

Cited by 15 publications

References 10 publications

Maternal Support as a Predictor of Children’s Sexualized Behaviors Following Childhood Sexual Abuse

Maternal Support as a Predictor of Children’s Sexualized Behaviors Following Childhood Sexual Abuse

Sexual Abuse Issues

A Meta-Analytic Review of the Relationship Between Nonoffending Caregiver Support and Postdisclosure Functioning in Sexually Abused Children

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