Child abuse & neglect
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Child abuse & neglect · Aug 2002
Nearly 4 years after an event: children's eyewitness memory and adults' perceptions of children's accuracy.
The current study examined children's eyewitness memory nearly 4 years after an event and the ability of adults to evaluate such memory. ⋯ Children were generally resistant to suggestions that abuse occurred during a long-ago generally forgotten event, but some potentially concerning errors were made. Both professionals and non-professionals had difficulty estimating the accuracy of children's reports, but adults were more likely to rate children as accurate if the children answered abuse-related questions correctly. Training and personal experience were associated with adults' ratings of children's reports. Implications for evaluations of child abuse reports are discussed.
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Child abuse & neglect · Aug 2002
The nature, extent and effects of emotional abuse on primary school pupils by teachers in Zimbabwe.
The study seeks to determine the nature, extent and effects of emotional abuse; and who the perpetrators are in Zimbabwean primary schools. ⋯ It is clear that emotional abuse exists in Zimbabwean primary schools and female teachers appear to be the main perpetrators of this form of child abuse. This form of child abuse may involve one perpetrator and a series of victims.