CSBI™

Child Sexual Behavior Inventory™

Purpose: Helps you evaluate children who have been, or may have been, sexually abused

Format: Paper and pencil, Online administration, E-Manual

Age range: 2 years to 12 years

Time: 5–10 minutes

DETAILS:

The CSBI is a measure of sexual behavior in children that is completed by the mother or other primary female caregiver.

Features and Benefits

• For use with children ages 2–12 years who have been or may have been sexually abused.

• Covers nine major content domains: Boundary Issues, Gender Role Behavior, Sexual Interest, Sexual Knowledge, Exhibitionism, Self-Stimulation, Sexual Intrusiveness, Voyeuristic Behavior, and Sexual Anxiety.

• Written at a fifth-grade reading level; the primary female caregiver indicates how often she has observed each of the listed behaviors during the preceding 6 months.

• Normed on 1,114 children from a wide range of socioeconomic backgrounds in the general population. Data from 512 children from child abuse centers also are presented.