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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

y important in the light of the fact that approximately 80% of victims had some sort of relationship with their per- petrator prior to the assault (Basile, Chen, Black, & Saltzman, 2007). With regard to rape types, it would intuitively seem that less severe forms of sexual assault are associated with

in victim charac- teristics (e.g., age, income level, education level, race). and the contextual characteristics of the crimes. Starzynski. Ullman. Filipas, and Townsend (2005) emphasized that deciding whom to tell about sexual assault is an important and potentially consequential decision for sexual a

wn (n = 106). There were significantly less rcportcd incidents by a stranger in this sample (ft = 40). This finding agrees with most prior studies (Basile, Chen, Black, & Saltzman, 2007; Johnson, Zlotnick, & Perez, 2008; Littleton, 2007, 2010; Plichta & Falik, 2001; Tjaden & Thoennes, 2006) but disagre

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

y important in the light of the fact that approximately 80% of victims had some sort of relationship with their per- petrator prior to the assault (Basile. Chen. Black. & Saltzman. 2007). With regard to rape types, it would intuitively seem that less severe forms of sexual assault are associated with

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

y important in the light of the fact that approximately 80% of victims had some sort of relationship with their per- petrator prior to the assault (Basile, Chen, Black, & Saltzman, 2007). With regard to rape types, it would intuitively seem that less severe forms of sexual assault are associated with