Impact of Court Process on Sexually Abused Children: Original Instruments and Codebook

• NCJ Number: 146227
• Author(s): D Runyan; M D Everson; W M Hunter; N M P King
• Date Published: 1992
• Length: 285 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: National Institute of Justice (NIJ); US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: Sociometrics Corporation
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Measurement/Evaluation Device
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Issued in two volumes; Data set JU.125

Annotation

These two volumes present the study instruments and coding information for a data set collected to examine the impact of court procedures on victims of child sexual abuse.

Abstract

The data collection instruments were used in an initial interview, and a 5-month interview. These included the social worker summary, the child assessment schedule, the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, the Parent Achenback Child Behavior Checklist, the Teacher Achenback Child Behavior Checklist, social support scales, child interview, joint parent-child interview, self-observation scales, and an adolescent sexuality questionnaire. The developers of the instruments and addresses from which to obtain further information about them are also provided.