Overview

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.

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Author:   John Henry Jeffries Bancroft
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.816kg
ISBN:  

9780253342430

ISBN 10:   0253342430
Pages:   504
Publication Date:   11 December 2003
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part 1. The Historical Context Watching the Research Pendulum Part 2. Methodological Aspects Methodological Issues Associated with Studies of Child Sexual Behavior Using the Parents as Source of Information About the Child with Special Emphasis on the Sex Problems Scale of the Child Behavior Checklist Discussion Paper General Discussion Methodological Issues involved in Adult Recall of Childhood Sexual Experiences Using Computer-Assisted Self-Interview (CASI) for Recall of Childhood Sexual Experiences The Use of Meta-analysis in Understanding the Effects of Child Sexual Abuse Discussion Paper General Discussion Part 3. Some new studies of normal sexual development Studies of Sexuality of Nonabused Children Body Awareness and Physical Intimacy: An Exploratory Study Discussion Paper General Discussion The Nature of Childhood Sexual Experiences: Two Studies 50 Years Apart Masturbation as a Marker of Sexual Development: Two Studies 50 Years Apart Discussion Paper: Normative Sexual Development in Childhood and Adolescence Discussion Paper General Discussion Antecedents of Sexual Activity at Ages 17 and 18 in a Community Sample Followed from Age 5 Part 4. Cross-Cultural Aspects Cross-cultural aspects - the African American perspective Cultural Dimensions of Childhood Sexuality in the United States Discussion Paper General Discussion Part 5. Retrospective studies of effects of child sexual abuse on adolescent sexuality Sexual Contact Between Children and Adults: A Life Course Perspective with Special Reference to Men Childhood/Adolescent Sexual Coercion Among Men who have Sex with Men: Understanding Patterns of Sexual Behavior and Sexual Risk Abusive Sexual Experiences Before Age 12 and Adolescent Sexual Behaviors Discussion Paper General discussion Part 6. Theoretical models for mediating mechanisms The Social Context of Adaptation to Childhood Sexual Maltreatment: A Life Course Perspective Childhood Sexuality and Adult Sexual Relationships: How are they Connected by Data and by Theory? Discussion Paper Discussion Paper General Discussion Part 7. Towards a consensus Conclusions from Research, Policy and Advocacy Perspectives Conclusions from a Theoretical Perspective General Discussion Conference Participants Index

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<p>This book grew out of a Kinsey Institute workshop, at which 30 or so invited guests summarized their previously circulated papers on childhood sexuality. The volume includes both the papers and the discussion. Historian Philip Jenkins opens by emphasizing what he called the research pendulum on childhood sexuality: interest in the subject has swung several times between intense concern and research and virtual neglect. Clearly, childhood sexuality is now a popular topic. Essays address methodological issues and the importance of getting a wide variety of subjects. The two concluding papers summarize problems and prospects: Diane di Mauro outlines a pattern for future research but also emphasizes the importance of finding ways of disseminating the findings to the public and interested groups; Bancroft, the editor of the collection, reemphasizes the lack of knowledge about sexual development of children and urges that developing more effective methods of studying the subject should be a priority. The book as a whole takes a major step forward in opening up research and discussion on the subject. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper--division undergraduates through faculty; professionals; general readers.--V. L. Bullough, emeritus, California State University, Northridge Choice (01/01/2004)

This book grew out of a Kinsey Institute workshop, at which 30 or so invited guests summarized their previously circulated papers on childhood sexuality. The volume includes both the papers and the discussion. Historian Philip Jenkins opens by emphasizing what he called the research pendulum on childhood sexuality: interest in the subject has swung several times between intense concern and research and virtual neglect. Clearly, childhood sexuality is now a popular topic. Essays address methodological issues and the importance of getting a wide variety of subjects. The two concluding papers summarize problems and prospects: Diane di Mauro outlines a pattern for future research but also emphasizes the importance of finding ways of disseminating the findings to the public and interested groups; Bancroft, the editor of the collection, reemphasizes the lack of knowledge about sexual development of children and urges that developing more effective methods of studying the subject should be a priority. The book as a whole takes a major step forward in opening up research and discussion on the subject. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper--division undergraduates through faculty; professionals; general readers.V. L./P>--V. L. Bullough, emeritus, California State University, Northridge Choice (01/01/2004)

This book grew out of a Kinsey Institute workshop, at which 30 or so invited guests summarized their previously circulated papers on childhood sexuality. The volume includes both the papers and the discussion. Historian Philip Jenkins opens by emphasizing what he called the research pendulum on childhood sexuality: interest in the subject has swung several times between intense concern and research and virtual neglect. Clearly, childhood sexuality is now a popular topic. Essays address methodological issues and the importance of getting a wide variety of subjects. The two concluding papers summarize problems and prospects: Diane di Mauro outlines a pattern for future research but also emphasizes the importance of finding ways of disseminating the findings to the public and interested groups; Bancroft, the editor of the collection, reemphasizes the lack of knowledge about sexual development of children and urges that developing more effective methods of studying the subject should be a priority. The book as a whole takes a major step forward in opening up research and discussion on the subject. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper division undergraduates through faculty; professionals; general readers.V. L./P>--V. L. Bullough, emeritus, California State University, Northridge Choice

<p> The book as a whole takes a major step forward in opening up researchand discussion on the subject. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-divisionundergraduates through faculty; professionals; general readers. -- Choice, July2004

<p>This book grew out of a Kinsey Institute workshop, at which 30 or so invited guests summarized their previously circulated papers on childhood sexuality. The volume includes both the papers and the discussion. Historian Philip Jenkins opens by emphasizing what he called the research pendulum on childhood sexuality: interest in the subject has swung several times between intense concern and research and virtual neglect. Clearly, childhood sexuality is now a popular topic. Essays address methodological issues and the importance of getting a wide variety of subjects. The two concluding papers summarize problems and prospects: Diane di Mauro outlines a pattern for future research but also emphasizes the importance of finding ways of disseminating the findings to the public and interested groups; Bancroft, the editor of the collection, reemphasizes the lack of knowledge about sexual development of children and urges that developing more effective methods of studying the subject should be a priority. The book as a whole takes a major step forward in opening up research and discussion on the subject. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper--division undergraduates through faculty; professionals; general readers.V. L./P>--V. L. Bullough, emeritus, California State University, Northridge Choice (01/01/2004)

The book as a whole takes a major step forward in opening up research and discussion on the subject. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty; professionals; general readers.July 2004 * Choice * This book grew out of a Kinsey Institute workshop, at which 30 or so invited guests summarized their previously circulated papers on childhood sexuality. The volume includes both the papers and the discussion. Historian Philip Jenkins opens by emphasizing what he called the research pendulum on childhood sexuality: interest in the subject has swung several times between intense concern and research and virtual neglect. Clearly, childhood sexuality is now a popular topic. Essays address methodological issues and the importance of getting a wide variety of subjects. The two concluding papers summarize problems and prospects: Diane di Mauro outlines a pattern for future research but also emphasizes the importance of finding ways of disseminating the findings to the public and interested groups; Bancroft, the editor of the collection, reemphasizes the lack of knowledge about sexual development of children and urges that developing more effective methods of studying the subject should be a priority. The book as a whole takes a major step forward in opening up research and discussion on the subject. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty; professionals; general readers. -- V. L. Bullough, emeritus, California State University, Northridge * Choice *

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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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