Childhood sexual experiences: Problems and issues in studying long‐range effects

Condemnation of a Scientific Article: A Chronology and Refutation of the Attacks and a Discussion of Threats to the Integrity of Science

“…The attacks on our recommendations concerning terminology may have created the false impression that our suggestions were radical and unprecedented in the scientific arena. The fact is that many other researchers have expressed concern with CSA terminology because of problems of scientific validity (e.g., Fishman, 1991;Fromuth & Burkhart, 1987;Green, 1992;Kilpatrick, 1987;Long & Jackson, 1993;Money & Weinrich, 1983;Nelson, 1989;Okami, 1990;Sandfort, 1992;West, 1998). For example, D. J.…”

Interpersonal functioning among women reporting a history of childhood sexual abuse: empirical findings and methodological issues

“…The push for improved methodologies will include increased attention to the issues .noted at the outset of this article: (1) difficulties in the measurement of abuse-related and interpersonal outcomes; (2) a failure to account for the role of family environment and other third variables, and; (3) biased sampling procedures. Although these challenges are not foreign to sexual abuse researchers (see discussions by Briere, 1988Briere, , 1992Haugaard & Emery, 1989;Kilpatrick, 1987), they nevertheless represent a continuing source of difficulty for the field, particularly in investigations of interpersonal outcomes among survivors.…”

Child sexual abuse in the etiology of depression: A systematic review of reviews

“…[22,23] Indeed, many studies are characterized by serious methodological problems, including poor sampling methods, absence of matched comparison groups, and inadequate control for effect modifiers and confounders (see [7,24,25] ). Furthermore, many reviews are characterized by imprecision and subjectivity.…”