Responses to the Disclosure of Abuse or Mistreatment: Materials

Jennifer J. Freyd, PhD

Professor Emerit of Psychology, University of Oregon

Founder and President, Center for Institutional Courage

Looking for practical advice about resonding well to disclosure? See Tips: How to Be a Good Listener

Looking for information about DARVO? See What is Darvo?

Looking for information about mandatory reporting? See Compelled Disclosure: The Problem with Required Reporting

Research & Research Materials on Listening Well

Foynes, M.M. & Freyd, J.J.  (2011). The Impact of Skills Training on Responses to the Disclosure of Mistreatment. Psychology of Violence, 1, 66-77.

The following materials were used in the research cited above. They are all copyright, 2010, Melissa Ming Foynes and Jennifer J. Freyd. They are available for attributed public use under a Creative Commons CC-BY-ND 3.0 license. We would appreciate being notified of your planned use that is consistent with the Creative Commons license.  If you wish to copy, distribute, or otherwise re-use these materials or to modify them, please complete the request for permission and send it to Melissa M Foynes, PhD for reprint permission.

• Skills Training Materials for Experimental Condition
• Skills Training Materials for Control Condition
• Quiz for Experimental Condition
• Quiz for Control Condition

Applications of This Research

Tips: How to Be a Good Listener

Freyd, J.J. (2017). How to Listen When Someone You Know Discloses Sexual Harassment or Assault. PI, the American Psychological Association, Public Interest Blog, 22 November 2017. 

The National Center for PTSD has adopted the listening skills from Foynes & Freyd (2011) to be part of a PTSD family coach app. 

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From the "About" section of the PTSD Family Coach app

Also see:

• Tips: How to Be a Good Listener
• South Park 90-second DARVO Explainer, 7 November 2019
• Request for Permission to use materials
• Press Release Regarding Skills Training
• Science Article about Child Sexual Abuse (Freyd et al 2005)
• Freyd 2010 APA talk about Disclosure of Trauma: Presentation Notes and Presentation Audio Recording (mp3)
• Additional articles on trauma, disclosure, etc
• Freyd Dynamics Lab
• Compelled Disclosure: "Required Reporting" Resources

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