RE: Query regarding university students' perceptions of child sexual abuse

["psylevin" <psylevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

To Sara Ferreira:  I am not sure what you need.  One question is what
acts constitute sex abuse and different groups differ in their
perceptions.  Child protection statutes define sex abuse in terms of
criminal statutes. You might want to check the chapter on definition in
Haugaard, J. J., & Reppucci, N. D. (1988). The sexual abuse of children.
San Francisco: Jossey Bass.  Ch. 2 pp 13-30. You will also find
references to other studies that sought to define perceptions.  I look
forward to meeting you in Lisboa in May. My best regards to Dr. Ornelas.
Murray Levine

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu
[mailto:owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu] On Behalf Of
sara.ferreira
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 2:53 PM
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
Subject: Query regarding university students' perceptions of child
sexual abuse

	Dear Sirs,
	
	I'm a final year student of the Psychology course, in ISPA
(Superior
	Institut os Applied Psychology), Portugal. My investigation area
is the
	Community Psychology, whose seminary has been orientated by the
	psychologist José Ornelas, Ph.D.
	
	At this time, i'm doing a monography thesis concerning the Child
Sexual
	Abuse theme. The aim of my study consists is to find out what
kind of
	perceptions (or values, attitudes, beliefs, knowledges) people
have
	about the child sexual abuse (in general). The participants of
the study
	will be about 500 university students, and, right now, i'm
searching for an
	instrument, so i can make operational the goal of my
investigation.
	
	Thus, i would ask you to, please, and if it is possible, send me
some
	information about an instrument of measure (e.g., a scale, a
	questionnaire), which permit me to evaluate the university
students'
	perceptions of the child sexual abuse.
	
	From now, Thank You very much for your attention.
	
	Sincerely,
	
	Sara Ferreira