Assessment in child sexual abuse

Examples of instruments that have been used successfully in child abuse cases and can be recommended for use by Saunders et al 2004 include:

Child Abuse Potential Inventory (Milner, 1986) Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (Hodges, 1997) Child Behavior Checklist (Achenbach, 1991) Child Sexual Behavior Inventory (Friedrich, 1998a) Children’s Impact of Traumatic Events Scale (Wolfe & Gentile, 1991) Child’s Attitude towards Mother Scale (Hudson, 1982) Child’s Attitude towards Father Scale (Hudson, 1982) Fear Survey Schedule for Children–Revised (Ollendick, 1978) Index of Self Esteem (Hudson, 1982) Kovacs’ Children’s Depression Inventory (Kovacs, 1992) Revised Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale (Reynolds & Richmond, 1985) Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (Derogatis, 1983) Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children (Briere, 1996) Trauma Symptom Inventory (Briere, 1995)

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References & Bibliography


Papers
Saunders, B.,Berliner, L., & Hanson, R. (2004). "Child physical and sexual abuse: Guidelines for treaments".