Publication of Rind et al. (1998). The editors' perspective.
The authors address several issues surrounding the B. Rind, P. Tromovitch, and R. Bauserman (1998) meta-analysis on the long-term effects of childhood sexual abuse from their perspective as the editors who accepted the manuscript for publication. In particular, they discuss the appropriateness of their editorial decision, the appropriateness of a policy of considering authors' prior publications in editorial decisions (as suggested by some critics), and the editors' role in the specific recommendations made by B. Rind et al. They go on to consider actions they could have taken to minimize the mischaracterizations of the study's findings and conclusions and their views of the American Psychological Association's actions with respect to the authors personally and to society more generally.
Sher
Kenneth J
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Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, 200 South Seventh Street, Columbia, MO 65211, USA. sherk@missouri.edu
Eisenberg
Nancy
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