Epstein Secrets

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

e, 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 emotional events (Davis, 1999). If males are hesitant to talk about CSA, their m

03) for details about the measures in the original study and identification of target eases. enpectively. sfin predictors of Mime I disclosure. see Goodman et al. j2003). An identical analysis predicting disc home in the smaller Mime 3 sample revealed similar findings. ahlsough age no longer significantly pre

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

ng adults who, more than a decade earlier, were involved in criminal prosecutions as victims of CSA and participated in a study of court testimony (Goodman et al., 1992). De- tailed documentation of the abuse was available for all cases. The re- search goals were to (a) compare disclosure rates of documented CS

ncerns disentangling the effects of victimization. The common occurrence of polyvictimization (i.e., experiencing many forms of child maltreatment; Finkelhor, Shat- tuck. 'Punier, Onnmd, & Hamby, 2011) and the risk that victims of maltreatment will be revictimized (e.g., West, Williams, & Siegel. anno) m

ated to that maltreatment. Study I started as research on 4- to 17-year-ohls involved (as alleged victims) in prosecutions for child sexual abuse (Goodman et al., 1992). Documentation gathered at the start of the study included information from police and prosecu- tors' records, interviews with nonoffending p