Use of epidemiological data in the diagnosis of physical child abuse: variations in response to hypothetical cases

Article Abstract:

Epidemiological data may help physicians distinguish between intentional and unintentional injury. A study involving pediatricians and doctors trained in emergency medicine was undertaken to determine whether physicians could determine inflicted and accidental child injury when presented with case and patient information. Hypothetical cases of a child injury recounting a fall from a highchair, with and without provision of epidemiological data, were explored. Results showed that epidemiological data may affect physician's diagnosis of physical abuse, but its impact varies among doctors depending on their training.

Training, Epidemiology, Emergency medicine

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Agreements among professionals about a child's sexual abuse status: interviews with sexually anatomically correct dolls as indicators of abuse

Article Abstract:

A study was conducted to assess whether mental health professionals could accurately evaluate a child's sexual abuse status by analyzing the responses of sexually abused children presented with anatomically correct dolls. The study was based on interviews and questionnaires that determined the correlation between professionals' ratings of a child's behavior and sexual abuse status. It was found that using anatomically correct dolls alone was insufficient for clinicians to evaluate sexual abuse status.

Evaluation, Child sexual abuse, Sexually abused children, Dolls

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Self-concept and social competence of university student victims of childhood physical abuse

Article Abstract:

The social competence and self-concept of college students who have experienced physical abuse during childhood and the role of students' perception of parental relationship in alleviating the consequences of child abuse on social adjustment are studied. Test results involving 660 subjects show that child abuse severely affected self-concept but not social competence.

Self-perception, Social skills, Self perception

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