Psychological Assessment of Sexually Abused Children and Their Families

William N. Friedrich

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Year: 2001
• ISBN:
  9781452264363
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Psychologie
• Subtopic: Relations interpersonnelles en psychologie

Designed for professionals in the field of child maltreatment, this authoritative book presents a compelling theoretical framework that guide's assessment of children and adolescents who have been sexually abused and their parents. The book is designed to make it easier for clinicians to select a number of measures or procedures across three dimensions that have considerable clinical relevance – attachment, dysregulations, and self-perception. Psychological Assessment of Sexually Abused Children and Their Families features in particular the assessment of sexually aggressive children and an extensive set of interview formats, checklists, and other forms that clinicians will find especially useful in evaluating children and their families. The book is also richly illustrated with case studies.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Introduction
• 1 - The Purposes of the Psychological Evaluation of Sexually Abused Children and Adolescents
• 2 - Theoretical Framework for Assessment
• 3 - Variability in Sexually Abused Children
• 4 - Attachment-Related Assessment
• 5 - Assessment of Dysregulation
• 6 - Evaluation of Sexual Behavior Problems
• 7 - Assessment of Self-Perception
• 8 - Screening
• 9 - A Case Example for the Psychological Assessment of Teens and Their Families
• 10 - The Language of Distress:The Role of Ongoing Assessment in Understanding True and False Allegations of Sexual Abuse
• Appendixes A Through S
• References
• Index
• About the Author