Interviewing young children with anatomical dolls.
Although children under six constitute a large number of sexual abuse victims, their immature intellectual and emotional development can severely hinder efforts to validate reported or suspected abuse. Interviewing with anatomical dolls offers a potential avenue of communication if interviewers are trained to use the dolls with care and an understanding of both their value and misuse. This article provides a full set of guidelines.
Boat
B W
BW
Division of Child Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Everson
M D
MD
D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008348:Manikins; D008953:Models, Anatomic