Retrospective and Prospective Reports Child Abuse Questions

These questions are from the Lansford et al. (2010) article or the Hayakbakhsh et al. (2008) article. Remember to answer only 3 of the 5 question and use your own words.

1) What is the difference between retrospective and prospective reports of child abuse? What are some of the drawbacks of retrospective reporting, as noted in the Lansford et al. article?

2) Summarize the gender differences that were seen in the results for the Lansford et al. study.

3) For the Lansford et al. study, what are the possible reasons why the authors think the findings were significant for females but not males?

4) For the Hayakbakhsh et al., summarize the results regarding which variables in the study predicted future substance use.

5) For both of these studies, what are the implications for preventing substance use? Consider family, individual, and community prevention possibilities.