title: Delayed disclosure and disrupted communication during forensic investigation of child sexual abuse: a study of 47 corroborated cases.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study factors of relevance for the understanding of disclosure of child sexual abuse.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cases from a Swedish district court involving 47 children in which allegations of child sexual abuse had been corroborated by a confession from the defendant were studied.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Delayed disclosure was related to a close relationship with the perpetrator and young age at the first experience of abuse. Disrupted communication during the police interview was related to less violent abuse.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings highlight the importance of social factors in children's disclosure of sexual abuse.
authors.affiliation: Division of Psychosocial Factors and Health, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Sjöberg
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lindblad
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology; D030881:Disclosure; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors