APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Salience of Consequences of Abuse Increases the Likelihood of Formal Reports
- Mariah Wichmann
Thompson Rivers University - Heather Price
Thompson Rivers University - Andre Kehn
University of North Dakota
Abstract
Recent high profile child abuse cases have raised the question of why suspected child abuse is not always reported. This study examined how salience of abuse consequences and degree of abuse evidence influences likelihood of reporting abuse. Salience of consequences to a child victim was strongly related to reporting.
Judgment and Decision Making
