Sexual Development in Childhood

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John Bancroft
Indiana University Press, Dec 11, 2003 - Psychology - 484 pages

Approached with either "indifference" or "panic" in our culture, discussion of childhood sexuality remains submerged within political and moral debates that have historically impeded its understanding. In contrast, Sexual Development in Childhood brings together respected researchers and clinicians to assess the current state of knowledge about childhood sexuality. The result is a comprehensive presentation of the latest research that is rational, balanced, and thorough.

The wide-ranging essays in Sexual Development in Childhood seek collectively to answer many of the most vital questions in the field of childhood development. What is childhood sexuality, and why should it be studied? How should it be measured, and what research methods are most useful? What are the current empirical results of research, and in what direction do these studies intend to go in the future? The essays offered in answer to these questions propose to help us understand both the normal range of sexual development in children and the consequences of abusive sexual experiences—objectives that should make this volume an essential resource for teachers, advocates, and social policy professionals as well as for researchers and clinicians.

 

Contents

PHILIP JENKINS
3
LUCIA F OSULLIVAN
23
HEINO F L MEYERBAHLBURG AND JENNIFER LYNNE STEEL
34
KENNETH J ZUCKER
54
General Discussion
62
21
72
JANET SHIBLEY HYDE
82
SUSAN F NEWCOMER
92
GILBERT HERDT
274
General Discussion
280
Retrospective Studies of Effects of Child Sexual
291
223
316
JAY P PAUL JOSEPH A CATANIA AND LANCE M POLLACK
327
J DENNIS FORTENBERRY AND MATTHEW C AALSMA
359
DAVID FINKELHOR
370
CHRISTOPHER R BROWNING AND EDWARD O LAUMANN
383

JANY RADEMAKERS M J C LAAN AND CORNELIS J STRAVER
121
General Discussion
130
JOHN BANCROFT DEBRA L HERBENICK
156
DELAMATER
186
TOLMAN
192
General Discussion
200
JOHN E BATES DOUGLAS B ALEXANDER SARAH E OBERLANDER
206
105
237
JEFFRY W THIGPEN ELSIE M PINKSTON AND JAY H MAYEFSKY
241
SUZANNE G FRAYSER
255
JULIA R HEIMAN JOHAN VERHULST AND AMY R HEARDDAVISON
404
CAROL MCCORD
421
MAURO
443
JOHN BANCROFT
449
General Discussion
455
Conference Participants
467
WILLIAM N FRIEDRICH
469
Index
475
Studies of Sexuality of Nonabused Children
476
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John Bancroft was trained in medicine at Cambridge University and in psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, London. He has been Director of the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, and Professor of Psychiatry at Indiana University since May 1995. He is the author of Human Sexuality and Its Problems, and was founding editor of Annual Review of Sex Research.

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