Epstein Secrets

Elise M. van de Puttee, Arjen J. van Wijk3 and Ad de Jongh34 'National Psychotraumacenter for Children and Youth, University Medics Center Utrecht, Utrecht The Netherlands; 2Department of Paediatrics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht. The Netherlands; 3Department of Behavioral Sciences, ACTA,

0). Delay in disclosure of childhood rape: Results from a national survey. Child Abuse & Neglect. 24(2), 273 287. Starzynski, L. L, Ullman• S. E.. Filipas. H. H.. & Townsend, S. M. (2005). Correlates of women's sexual assault disclosure to informal and formal support sources. Violence and Victims, 20,

and avoidance coping. It is con- ceivable that they delay their disclosure as a result of rape-induced psychological distress (Starzynski, Ullman, Filipas, & Townsend, 2005), not necessarily the severity of the assault. Although the final model showed acceptable goodness of fit, the percentage of exp

lise M. van de Puttee, Arjen J. van Wijk3 and Ad de Jongh3/1 'National Psychotraumacenter for Children and Youth, University Medical Corner Utrecht. Utrecht The Netherlands; 2Department of Paediatrics. University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht. The Netherlands: 3Department of Behavioral Sciences. ACTA.

and avoidance coping. It is con- ceivable that they delay their disclosure as a result of rape-induced psychological distress (Starzynski. Ullman, Filipas. & Townsend, 2005), not necessarily the severity of the assault. Although the final model showed acceptable goodness of fit, the percentage of exp

kampl , Elise M. van de Puttee, Arjen J. van Wijk3 and Ad de Jongh3•4 'National Psychotraumacenter for Children and Youth, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht The Netherlands; 2Department of Paediatrics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands; 3Department of Behavioral Scienc

ervices and report to the police than early disclosers is in line with previous studies in adult women (Ahrens et al., 2010; Ullman, 1996; Ullman & Filipas, 2001). It suggests that disclosure latency is important for public health and safety, as delayed disclosure may not only impede reception of prop