Coburn Patricia I, Harvey Madison B, Anderson Shelbie F, Price Heather L, Chong Kristin, Connolly Deborah A
a Psychology Department , Simon Fraser University , Burnaby , Canada.
b Psychology Department , Thompson Rivers University , Kamloops , Canada.
J Child Sex Abus. 2019 Jul;28(5):586-607. doi: 10.1080/10538712.2019.1580329. Epub 2019 Mar 11.
Previous research on gender differences and delay of disclosure of child sexual abuse is inconclusive; some research has found that male victims are more likely to delay disclosure than female victims, while other studies have found no gender difference. The present archival study investigated this inconsistency by examining factors that interact with delay. Judicial outcomes of child sexual abuse cases were coded ( = 4237) for variables related to the offense, the complainant-accused relationship, and court proceedings. Males and females differed with respect to delay only when the relationship between the complainant and the accused was established in the community (e.g., sports coach) or was a stranger to the child. When the accused was a parent, other relative, or a non-relative connected to the child through the family, there was no difference in delay between males and females. Further, males were more vulnerable in the community, as evidenced by a higher proportion of accused community members with male than female complainants, even though males represented fewer than 25% of cases in the database. These findings may help explain inconsistencies in gender differences in delayed disclosure. Implications regarding education about child sexual abuse are discussed, with a focus on male victims.
先前关于儿童性虐待事件中性别差异及披露延迟的研究尚无定论；一些研究发现，男性受害者比女性受害者更有可能延迟披露，而其他研究则未发现性别差异。本档案研究通过考察与延迟披露相互作用的因素来探究这种不一致性。对儿童性虐待案件的司法结果（n = 4237）进行编码，涉及与犯罪行为、投诉人与被告的关系以及法庭诉讼程序相关的变量。只有当投诉人与被告在社区中存在既定关系（如体育教练）或与儿童为陌生人时，男性和女性在披露延迟方面才存在差异。当被告是父母、其他亲属或通过家庭与儿童有联系的非亲属时，男性和女性在披露延迟方面没有差异。此外，男性在社区中更易受到伤害，数据库中投诉人为男性的被告社区成员比例高于投诉人为女性的情况，尽管男性在数据库中的案件占比不到25%。这些发现可能有助于解释延迟披露中性别差异的不一致性。文中讨论了有关儿童性虐待教育的影响，重点关注男性受害者。
