title: Is Anybody Listening? The Literature on the Dialogical Process of Child Sexual Abuse Disclosure Reviewed.
abstract: We conducted an exploratory review of the current literature on child sexual abuse disclosure in everyday contexts. The aim of this study was to provide an overview of relevant publications on the process of child sexual abuse disclosure, in order to generate new directions for future research and clinical practice. The findings of the exploratory review show that disclosure is a relational process, which is renegotiated by each interaction and evolves over an extended period of time. The characteristics and reactions of the interaction partner appear to be as critical to this process as the behavior and words of children themselves. Methodological limitations of the review and the publications are discussed, as well as directions for future research and implications for practice.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Special Needs Education & Youth Care, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Reitsema
authors.affiliation: Centre for Special Needs Education & Youth Care, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands h.grietens@rug.nl.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Grietens
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology*; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012752:Shame; D014342:Truth Disclosure
keywords: child abuse; family issues and mediators; sexual abuse