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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

year) 31 per cent and non-disclosure (disclosed only during the survey) 26 per cent. Smith and colleagues (2000) examined a sub-sample (n = 288) of the National Women's Study in the USA (Resnick et aL, 1993, cited in Smith a al., 2000) who had reported a childhood rape prior to the age of 18. Smith a al.'s findings can b

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

l. (2000) indicated restricted disclosure of women who reported being raped. They gathered representative data from 3,220 Wave II respondents front the National Women's Study telephone survey regarding the length of time women who were raped before age IS delayed disclosure, to whom they disclosed. and variables that pre

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

nick. H. S. Saunders. B. E.. Kilpatrick. D. Ci. et al. (2004). Is disclosure of childhood rape associated with mental health outcome? Results from the National Women's Study. Child Mahremment. 90 I. 62-77. Schonbucher. V. Maier. T.. MohkriKuo. M.. Schnyder. U.. & Landoll. M. (20l2). Disclosure of child sexual abuse by

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

nick. H. S.. Saunders. B. E.. Kilpatrick. a G.. et al. (2004). Is disclosure of childhood rape associated with mental health outcome? Results from the National Women's Study. Child Maltreatment. 9(1).62 77. Schonbucher, V.. Maier. T.. Mohler Kuo, M.. Schnyder. U.. & Landolt. M. (2012). Disclosure of child sexual abuse