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dc.contributor.authorCale, Jesse
dc.contributor.authorLussier, Patrick
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-16T23:42:15Z
dc.date.available2021-09-16T23:42:15Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.issn0957-9664
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/cbm.1996
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/408088
dc.description.abstractBackground: Very little is understood about the developmental antecedents of sexual behaviour prior to adolescence. Aims: Our aim was to examine the impact of different forms of intimate partner violence on early childhood sexual development. Methods: We used data from an ongoing prospective longitudinal cohort study of Canadian families. Intimate partner violence of various kinds was measured using a modified version of the Conflict Tactics Scale. Measures of child sexual development were based on the Child Sexual Behavior Inventory. Both measures relied on parental report. Results: Sexual coercion between parental figures, but not physical violence or emotional aggression, was significantly associated with intrusive sexual behaviours shown by 3- to 5-year-old children. Conclusions: It may seem unlikely that 3- to 5- year-old children can understand that their parents are in a sexually coercive relationship, but our findings suggest that they are sufficiently aware of such behaviours when they occur that they may start to model their own behaviour on them. Clinicians and social workers may need to be more aware of this possibility.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom176
dc.relation.ispartofpageto190
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalCriminal Behaviour and Mental Health
dc.relation.ispartofvolume27
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.subject.keywordsSocial Sciences
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technology
dc.subject.keywordsLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subject.keywordsCriminology & Penology
dc.subject.keywordsPsychiatry
dc.titleSexual behaviour in preschool children in the context of intra-parental violence and sexual coercion
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationCale, J; Lussier, P, Sexual behaviour in preschool children in the context of intra-parental violence and sexual coercion, Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, 2017, 27 (2), pp. 176-190
dcterms.dateAccepted2016-02-02
dc.date.updated2021-09-16T23:41:00Z
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gro.griffith.authorCale, Jesse


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