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Factors influencing school counsellors' decision to report cases of child sexual abuse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2016

Juliette Goldman  and
Usha Padayachi
Usha Padayachi
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Griffith University
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This study examines factors which influence school counsellors' decision to report suspected cases of child sexual abuse. Using a state-wide sample of 122 school counsellors, consisting of 52 males and 70 females, in Queensland, Australia, results show there was a tendency for school counsellors to under-report their suspicions of child sexual abuse. The factors which influenced school counsellors to report cases of sexual abuse were fear that the child was at risk for further abuse, and an ethical/moral obligation to report.

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Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools , Volume 11 , November 2001 , pp. 65 - 84
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2001

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