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osure (Everson. Hunter. Runyan, Edelson's. & Coulter, 1989; Sas, 1993), to their memory for stressful experiences (Goodman. Quas, Batterman-Faunce, Riddlesberger. & Kuhn. 1994), and to their maintenance of allegations across interviews (Bradley & Wood. 1996; Rieser, 1991; Sorenson & Snow. 1991). To the exte

of CSA disclosure is gen- der. Previous research suggests that compared with females, males are less likely to disclose (e.g., DeVoe & Faller, 1999; Finkelhor, Hotel- lag. Lewis. & Smith. 1990; Widom & Morris. 1997). Williams and Banyard (1997) uncovered significant gender differences when they compared d

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he event and memory interview should engender better memory. Further- more, compared with females, males may be less likely to dis- close CSA (e.g., Finkelhor, Hotaling, Lewis, & Smith, 1990; Widom & Morris, 1997; but see Goodman et al., 2003) and may have less detailed autobiographical memories about emo

, L. (1991). Children's memories for stressful events. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly. 37. 109-158. Goodman. G. S., Quas. J. A.. Battcrman-Faunce. J. M.. Riddlesberger. M. and Kuhn. J. (1994). Predictors of accurate and inaccurate memories of traumatic events experienced in childhood. Consciousness and Cognition.

hat they were not to blame. All the girls in this study were between 8 and 14 years old when the abuse began. In a survey of 521 parents in Boston, Finkelhor (1984) found that 44% of childhood sexual abuse began in this age period. He ascertained, however, that sexual intercourse and oral—genital sexual