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Message ID: 11379
Date: 2024-05-24

Author:Sandy Wurtele

Subject:Re: [EXTERNAL] Research on fallacy of "good touch"

Here's our study on that topic: Children’s abilities to recognize a “good” person as a potential perpetrator of childhood sexual abuse Maureen C. Kenny & Sandy K. Wurtele Child Abuse & Neglect, 2010, 34, 490-495 Sandy K. Wurtele, Ph.D. Professor Emerita, Department of Psychology University of Colorado Colorado Springs Email: swurtele@uccs.edu Website: www.sandywurtele.com ________________________________ From: bounce-128223940-13534198@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Melissa Bright Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2024 9:39 AM To: child-maltreatment-research-l@list.cornell.edu Subject: [EXTERNAL] Research on fallacy of "good touch" You don't often get email from mbright@scienceofviolence.org. Learn why this is important Hi All - I am working on a piece and need to provide evidence for why it is important to move away from phrases like “good” and “bad” touch (because abuse may feel physically good) for the prevention of child sexual abuse. Anyone have an empirical citation for this? Melissa Bright, PhD Founder and Executive Director Center for Violence Prevention Research scienceofviolence.org | stay connected | support our work

Here's our study on that topic: Children’s abilities to recognize a “good” person as a potential perpetrator of childhood sexual abuse Maureen C. Kenny & Sandy K. Wurtele Child Abuse & Neglect, 2010, 34, 490-495 Sandy K. Wurtele, Ph.D. Professor Emerita, Department of Psychology University of Colorado Colorado Springs Email: swurteleuccs.edu Website: www.sandywurtele.com ________________________________ From: bounce-128223940-13534198list.cornell.edu on behalf of Melissa Bright Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2024 9:39 AM To: child-maltreatment-research-llist.cornell.edu Subject: [EXTERNAL] Research on fallacy of "good touch" You don't often get email from mbrightscienceofviolence.org. Learn why this is important Hi All - I am working on a piece and need to provide evidence for why it is important to move away from phrases like “good” and “bad” touch (because abuse may feel physically good) for the prevention of child sexual abuse. Anyone have an empirical citation for this? Melissa Bright, PhD Founder and Executive Director Center for Violence Prevention Research scienceofviolence.org | stay connected | support our work