title: Child sexual abuse: factors affecting victims' removal from home.
abstract: This study was conducted to examine factors associated with children's protective service workers' decision to remove sexually abused children from the family home. The decision to remove was analyzed relative to the following six factors: (1) nature of the abuse, (2) severity of abuse, (3) frequency of abuse (4) mothers' employment status, (5) mothers' compliance with a recommended treatment plan, and (6) mothers' belief of the victim. Discriminant function analysis revealed that the discriminant function containing mothers' compliance, mothers' belief, severity of abuse, mothers' employment status, and frequency of abuse, in order of importance of contribution, was significantly related to victims' removal from the home.
authors.affiliation: University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg 39406-5012.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pellegrin
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Wagner
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D002655:Child Custody / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004651:Employment; D006801:Humans; D007179:Incest; D008922:Mississippi; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*