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iebe & Svedin. 2008). The use of penetration was found to make victims more likely to postpone disclosure, opposite to the results from Priebe and Svedin (2008), but in line with an older study by Arata (1998). who found that more severe forms of sexual abuse were acvvr•iated with less disclosure. P

ational population survey. Violence and Victims. 27(4), 592 608. Elwood. L. S.. Smith. D. W. Resnick. H. S.. Gudmundsdottir, B., Amstadter. A. B.. Hanson, It. F., et al. (2011). Predictors of rape: Findings from the National Survey of Adolescents. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 24(2). 166 173. Fisher,

an, 2004; Hershkowitz et al., 2005). Therefore, children who disclose more promptly may be overrepresented in legal samples. In Sweden, Priebe and Svedin (2008) conducted a national survey of 4339 adolescents, of whom 1962 reported some form of sexual abuse (65% of girls and 23% of boys). Details of

of the child victim can act as key supports to creating an open relational context and fostering positive responses (Jensen et al., 2005; Priebe & Svedin, 2008; Schonbucher et al., 2012; Ungar et al., 20096). In particular, as children grow older, they are more likely to disclose to a peer, as shown

because the percentage of victims that consulted a medical professional and reported to the police was higher in our sample than in most studies (Hanson et al., 2003; Resnick et al., 2000; Zinzow, Resnick, Bare, Danielson, & Kilpatrick, 2012). Perhaps, these differences could, at least partially, be