Rind, B., Bauserman, R. & Tromovitch, Ph.,
An Examination of Assumed Properties of Child Sexual Abuse Based on
Nonclinical Samples, Paper presented to the symposium sponsored by
the Paulus Kerk, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, on the 18th of December 1998.
"The results of our reviews clearly show that the assumptions of most mental
health professionals, legislators, law enforcement personnel, media workers, and the lay
public that sexual relations defined as CSA cause intense harm pervasively for both boys
and girls are vastly exaggerated."
 | Rind, B., Bauserman, R. & Tromotvich, Ph., Étude des consequences de l'abus sexual sur enfants, ã partir de cas non cliniques, Exposé présenté au symposium patronné par Paulus Kerk à Rotterdam, le 18 Décembre 1998. |
| Rind, B., Bauserman, R. & Tromotvich, Ph., Een Onderzoek Naar de Veronderstelde Eigenschappen Van Seksueel Misbruik van Kinderen Gebaseerd op Niet-klinische Steekproeven, Lezing, gehouden in Rotterdam op 18 december 1998 |
Rind, B., Tromovitch, Ph. & Bauserman,
R.,
A Meta-Analytic Examination of Assumed Properties of Child Sexual Abuse Using
College Samples, in: Psychological Bulletin 1998, Vol 124, No 1, pp 22-53.
"Self-reported reactions to and effects from CSA* indicated that
negative effects were neither pervasive nor typically intense, and that men reacted much
less negatively than women. The college data were completely consistent with data from
national samples. Basic beliefs about CSA in the general population were not
supported."
[* Child Sexual Abuse]
Tromovitch, Ph., Rind, B. & Bauserman, R., Adult Correlates of Child Sexual
Abuse: A
meta-analytic review of college student and national probability samples, SSSS-ER April
18, 1997
Child sexual abuse (CSA) is viewed by the lay public, and by many professionals,
as one of the most psychologically damaging events that a child or adolescent
can experience.
[...] The findings from this report contradict prevalently held assumptions
about CSA — assumptions that may bias not only the lay public, but researchers
studying and reporting on activities classifiable as CSA.
Rind, Bruce & Tromovitch, Philip, A
Meta-Analytic Review of Findings from National Samples on Psychological
Correlates of Child Sexual Abuse, The Journal of Sex Research, Vol. 34,
No.3, 1997 pp. 237 - 255
We found that, contrary to the implications and conclusions contained in
previous literature reviews that were focused on biased samples, in the general
population. CSA is not associated with pervasive harm and that harm, when it
occurs, is not typically intense.
Further, CSA experiences for males and females are not equivalent: a
substantially lower proportion of males reports negative effects.
Finally, we found that conclusions about a causal link between CSA and
later psychological maladjustment in the general population cannot safely be
made because of the reliable presence of confounding variables.
We concluded by cautioning that analysis at the population level does not
characterize individual cases: When CSA is accompanied by factors such as force
or close familial ties, it has the potential to produce significant harm.
Bauserman, Robert & Rind, Bruce, Psychological
Correlates of Male Child and Adolescent Sexual Experiences with Adults: A
Review of the Nonclinical Literature, Archives of Sexual behavior, 26-2,
1997
Researchers have generally neglected sexual experiences of boys with adults,
assumed them to be the same as those of girls, or tried to understand them by
referring to clinical research while ignoring nonclinical research.
A review of nonclinical research allows a more complete understanding of boys'
sexual experiences with adults and the outcomes and correlates of those
experiences.
Rind, Bruce, PhD., Gay and
Bisexual Adolescent Boys' Sexual Experiences With Men:
An Empirical Examination of Psychological Correlates in a Nonclinical Sample,
In: Archives of Sexual Behavior, Vol. 30, No.4, 2001
Over the last quarter century the incest model, with its image of helpless
victims exploited and traumatized by powerful perpetrators, has come to dominate
perceptions of virtually all forms of adult-minor sex. Thus, even willing sexual
relations between gay or bisexual adolescent boys and adult men, which differ
from father-daughter incest in many important ways, are generally seen by the
lay public and professionals as traumatizing and psychologically injurious. This
study assessed this common perception by examining a nonclinical, mostly college
sample of gay and bisexual men.
[From the Appendix:]
"It developed over time and was great. We became friends and I invited him
over once when my parents weren't home. I practically had to force sex on him
because he was afraid about losing his job. Ended when I went away for the
summer and he wasn't a teacher at my school no more"
|
Rind, Bruce, PhD., Las
experiencias sexuales de chicos gay y bisexuales adolescentes con
hombres: un examen empírico de las correlaciones psicológicas en una
muestra no-clínica, Publicado en: Archives of Sexual Behavior, Vol. 30,
No. 4, 2001 |
|
Rind, Bruce, De seksuele ervaringen van homo- en biseksuele tienerjongens met mannen, Een empirisch onderzoek naar psychologische samenhang in een niet-klinische steekproef, In: Archives of Sexual Behavior, jaargang 30, nummer 4, augustus 2001; Oorspronkelijke titel: ‘Gay and Bisexual Adolescent Boys’ Sexual Experiences With Men: An Empirical Examination of Psychological Correlates in a Nonclinical Sample’
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Explaining articles
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Humane Sexualität e.V., Archiv, Dr. Rind, Dr. Bauserman, Dr. Tromovitch ... wo die Freiheit der Wissenschaft endet.
Ferguson, Bob, Youthful Sexual Experience and Well-being, Important Conference in Rotterdam, in: Koinos Magazine #21 (1999/1)
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Ferguson, Bob, Sexuelle Erfahrungen in der Jugend und Wohlbefinden, Interessantes Symposion in Rotterdam, in: Koinos Magazine #21 (1999/1) |
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Ferguson, Bob, Seksuele
jeugdervaringen en welbevinden; Belangwekkende
studiedag te Rotterdam; Verslag KSA studieconferentie 18-12-1998 te
Rotterdam, in: in Koinos Magazine nr. 21
(1999/1) |
| Gieles, F.E.J., Meneer de President... Amerika schrikt van wetenschappelijk onderzoek van Rind cs., in: OK Magazine nr. 69, juli-aug 1999 |
Gieles, F.E.J., An Explanation of the statistics, used in the Meta-analysis, in: Ipce Newsletter E7, December 1999
G. G.,
Radical Reconsideration of the Concept of Child Sexual Abuse, New
Findings by Bauserman, Rind and Tromovitch, in: Koinos Magazine #20
(1998/4)
.
| G. G., Grundlegende Änderung des Begriffs ‘Sexueller Kindesmißbrauch’, Neue Erkenntnisse von Bauserman, Rind und Tromovitch, in: Koinos Magazine #20 (1998/4) |
| G. G., Ingrijpende
herziening van het begrip ‘seksuele kindermishandeling’; Nieuwe
ontdekkingen van Bauserman, Rind en Tromovitch; in: KOINOS
MAGAZINE #20 (1998/4) . |
Berry, Kenneth K. & Berry, Jason, The Congressional censure of a research paper: Return to the Inquisition? From: Skeptical Inquirer Electronic Digest, Commentary in the issue dated December 10, 1999Discussion & Comments
Ericksen, Julia A.,
Sexual
liberation's last frontier, in: Society May-June 2000, 37-4.
It is appropriate to undertake such research if only to wrest the terms
of the debate from conservatives who have used pedophilia as a way to
silence all attempts at sexual tolerance.
Esterie, Philippe (& Hélène
Amboureux), Abus sexuel: Le rapport capital, Le rapport Bauserman analysé
et commenté dans la France de l'an 2000
Gieles, F.E.J.,
Science
and Morality or The Rind et al. Controversy, The
counter arguments replied, in: Ipce Newsletter E7, December 1999
.
| Gieles, F.E.J., Wetenschap en moraal of: de controverse rond Rind c.s.; De tegenargumenten beantwoord |
Haaken, Janice & Lamb, Sharon,
Politics of CSA research, in: Society, May-June 2000, 37-4
Haaken and Lamb attempt to steer a middle ground between a social
constructionist or culturally relative position on sexuality on the one
hand, and an approach that emphasizes universal principles of justice and
care on the other.
Oellerich, Thomas D., Rind,
Tromovitch, and Bauserman: Politically Incorrect - Scientifically
Correct, in: Sexuality & Culture, 4(2), 67-81 (2000)
The Rind, Tromovitch, and Bauserman study of the impact of CSA among college
students is politically incorrect but scientifically correct. It has a
number of important implications for the research and practice communities.
Among the more important is the need to stop exaggerating the negative
impact of adult/nonadult sexual behavior, as suggested earlier by both
Browne and Finkelhor, and Seligman. Another important implication is for
conducting research that does not approach the issue of adult/nonadult
sexual behavior with a political ideology as often has been the case thus
far. And finally it is time to stop the common practices of 1)assuming that
CSA causes psychological harm, and 2) routinely recommending
psychotherapeutic intervention.
.
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Oellerich, Thomas D., Rind, Tromovitch und
Bauserman: Ihre meta-analytische Studie ist politisch "unkorrekt", doch
wissenschaftlich hieb- und stichfest; Sexualität
& Kultur, 4(2), 67-81 (2000) |
|
Oellerich, Thomas D., Rind,
Tromovitch en Bauserman: politiek incorrect – wetenschappelijk correct |
Rind, Bruce; Basuserman, Robert & Tromovitch, Philip, The
Condemned Meta-Analysis on Child Sexual Abuse; Good Science and Long-Overdue
Skepticism, In: Skeptical Inquirer July/August 20001, 68-72
In July 1999, the prestigious journal Psychological Bulletin published our
review of fifty-nine studies that had examined psychological correlates of child
sexual abuse (CSA) [...] We soon achieved an unexpected honor: our paper was
unanimously condemned by Congress.
In the aftermath, SKEPTICAL INQUIRER has published two commentaries, one
denouncing Congress [...], and the other denouncing our study [...]. We would
like to offer our own thoughts about this astonishing story of politics,
pressure, and social hysteria - the antitheses of critical and skeptical
thought.
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Rind, Bruce; Basuserman, Robert & Tromovitch, Philip,
De
veroordeelde meta-analyse over seksueel misbruik van kinderen; Deugdelijke
wetenschap en lang uitgebleven scepticisme, in: Skeptical Inquirer,
juli/augustus 2001 |
Rind, B., Tromovitch, Ph. & Bauserman, R.,
The Clash of Media, Politics, and Sexual Science: An examination of the
controversy surrounding the Psychological Bulletin meta-analysis on the assumed properties
of child sexual abuse,
Talk presented at the 1999 Joint Annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of
Sexuality (SSSS) and the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists
(AASECT) November 6th, 1999 (St. Louis, Missouri).
Nine months after publication in Psychological Bulletin, our analysis of the college
student data came under intense attack by the radical right with assistance from
traumatologists associated with the left. This controversy recently culminated with the
U.S. House of Representatives condemning the article in a 355-0 vote. We will briefly
summarize the methods and findings of our analyses, then focus on subsequent events.
Tavris, Carol, , The
uproar over sexual abuse and its findings, in:
Society, May-June 2000, 37-4
Congress and clinicians may feel a spasm of righteousness by condemning
scientific findings they dislike, but their actions will do little or
nothing to reduce the actual abuse of children.
Zuriff, G.E., Pedophilia and
the culture wars, in: Public Interest, Winter 2000
The article gives a short summary of the research of the Rind et al. team.
Then, it will explain why the results of this research have upset many
groups in the US society, including the Congress, so that these groups will
deny the results of the research.
The author analyses the remarkable reaction of the APA, who turned 180
degrees and who published paradoxes. The author analyses the ideological
combat that's going on behind the scene.