TY - JOUR
T1 - The Portrayal of Child Sexual Assault in Introductory Psychology Textbooks
AU - Letourneau, Elizabeth J.
AU - Lewis, Tonya C.
PY - 1999/10
Y1 - 1999/10
N2 - In this article, we assess the presentation of child sexual assault (CSA) in introductory psychology textbooks. We reviewed 24 recently published textbooks and found that 20 (83%) presented information on some aspect of CSA. All 20 texts included discussion of false and repressed memory issues. Our objective was to determine the manner in which textbooks covered this controversial area as well as the extent to which textbooks covered CSA issues unrelated to the memory debate, such as prevalence rates and psychological sequelae of CSA. We found that a substantial portion of authors (75%) made unsupported claims or overgeneralizations when discussing memory issues and less than half of the authors (45%) included information on other areas of CSA.
AB - In this article, we assess the presentation of child sexual assault (CSA) in introductory psychology textbooks. We reviewed 24 recently published textbooks and found that 20 (83%) presented information on some aspect of CSA. All 20 texts included discussion of false and repressed memory issues. Our objective was to determine the manner in which textbooks covered this controversial area as well as the extent to which textbooks covered CSA issues unrelated to the memory debate, such as prevalence rates and psychological sequelae of CSA. We found that a substantial portion of authors (75%) made unsupported claims or overgeneralizations when discussing memory issues and less than half of the authors (45%) included information on other areas of CSA.
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U2 - 10.1207/S15328023TOP260402
DO - 10.1207/S15328023TOP260402
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0033469938
SN - 0098-6283
VL - 26
SP - 253
EP - 258
JO - Teaching of Psychology
JF - Teaching of Psychology
IS - 4
ER -