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dc.contributor.authorRudolph, Julia
dc.contributor.authorZimmer-Gembeck, Melanie J
dc.contributor.authorShanley, Dianne C
dc.contributor.authorWalsh, Kerrryann
dc.contributor.authorHawkins, Russell
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-20T00:27:06Z
dc.date.available2021-07-20T00:27:06Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.issn1053-8712
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/10538712.2018.1425946
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/380369
dc.description.abstractWe investigated whether parents who reported more positive parenting practices (i.e., monitoring, involvement, and communication) reported more discussion of child sexual abuse (CSA) with their children. Parents from Australia and the UK (N = 248), with children aged 6 to 11 years, completed an online survey. About half of parents reported directly discussing CSA, whereas 35% reported telling their children that CSA perpetrators may be family members. Rates of discussion were higher for other CSA-related topics such as body integrity and abduction. Correlational analyses showed that parents who reported speaking to their children about CSA also reported more positive parenting practices, more discussion of other sensitive topics, and assessed CSA risk for children (in general) to be higher. Discussion of CSA risk was not associated with parents' CSA knowledge, confidence or appraisal of own-child risk. Parents higher in positive parenting believed their children to be at less CSA risk. Parents who appraised higher own-child risk reported less positive parenting practices and were less confident about their parenting and their ability to protect their children from CSA. The findings are the first to report on the associations of parenting practices with parents' CSA discussion with their children.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom195
dc.relation.ispartofpageto216
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Child Sexual Abuse
dc.relation.ispartofvolume27
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHealth services and systems
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic health
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSocial work
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOther psychology not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchApplied and developmental psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical and health psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4203
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4206
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4409
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode529999
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5201
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5203
dc.titleParental Discussion of Child Sexual Abuse: Is It Associated with the Parenting Practices of Involvement, Monitoring, and General Communication?
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dc.description.versionAccepted Manuscript (AM)
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Applied Psychology
gro.rights.copyrightThis is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in the Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 27 (2), pp. 195-216, Mar 2018, copyright Taylor & Francis, available online at: https://doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2018.1425946
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gro.griffith.authorZimmer-Gembeck, Melanie
gro.griffith.authorShanley, Dianne


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