title: The Real Controversy About Child Sexual Abuse ResearchContradictory Findings and Critical Issues Not Addressed by Rind, Tromovitch, and Bauserman in Their 1998 Outcomes Meta-Analysis.
abstract: This article presents a review of all types of child sexual abuse research ignored by Rind, Tromovitch, and Bauserman in their 1998 meta-analytic study. Eight major findings are addressed. Altogether, these findings demonstrate the narrow focus of the Rind et al. meta-analysis. By restricting a supposedly broad meta-analysis to only some of the research and population in question, the conclusions Rind et al. drew regarding this complex topic (primarily, that adult-child sex is not necessarily harmful to children) are invalid.
authors.affiliation: , Houston, TX.
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Tice
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Whittenburg
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Lemmey