Expectancies for Sexually Abused Children: Evidence of Perceiver Bias |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Tara?Saathoff-WellsEmail author Rex?E?Culp Candace?T?Yancey |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Human Environmental Studies, Central Michigan University, 205 Wightman Hall, Mount Pleasant, MI, 48859;(2) Department of Human Development and Family Studies, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL;(3) Department of Psychology, The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NB |
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Abstract: | We investigated perceiver bias in relation to children labeled as sexually abused. Building on recent research indicating
that adults perceive children with such a label as having more behavioral problems and lower achievement, we replicated and
expanded upon an earlier study. We tested undergraduate students (N = 699), who judged a six-year old child's aggressive behavior
in vignettes that varied on severity of the aggressive behavior, child gender, and family history (sexually abused, mother
dying of cancer, normal). Perceiver bias was related to family history label for internalizing behavior problems and competence
issues and child gender for internalizing behavior problems and externalizing behavior problems. Implications for educators
and practitioners are discussed as well as routes for future research. |
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Keywords: | perceiver bias childhood sexual abuse aggressive behavior |
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