Behavioral and Verbal Responses of Unabused Externalizing Children to Anatomically Detailed Doll Interviews

Authors

Robin Weill, University of Southern Mississippi
Brenda L. Dawson, University of Southern Mississippi
Lillian M. Range, University of Southern MississippiFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-1-1999

Department

Psychology

Abstract

To see if unabused children with externalizing behavior disorders display more sexual behaviors and verbalizations than of her children in their interactions with anatomically detailed dolls, sixteen 3- to 6-year-olds were compared with 44 nonexternalizing controls. A five-phase structured, detailed interview, and comprehensive coding of videotapes by external raters, was completed on 17 behaviors and verbalizations. As would be expected, externalizing children exhibited more overall activity than non-externalizing children. Also, externalizing children exhibited move behavioral sexual aggression during the body inventory phase, but no other differences in sexual behaviors or verbalizations occurred Results suggest that most normative data on AD dolls generalize to externalizing children.

Publication Title

Journal of Famiy Violence

Volume

14

Issue

1

First Page

61

Last Page

70

Recommended Citation

Weill, R., Dawson, B. L., Range, L. M. (1999). Behavioral and Verbal Responses of Unabused Externalizing Children to Anatomically Detailed Doll Interviews. Journal of Famiy Violence, 14(1), 61-70.
Available at: https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/4579