PERCEIVER BIAS IN EXPECTANCIES FOR SEXUALLY ABUSED-CHILDREN

College students (N = 134) judged children in vignettes. Vignettes var ied on child gender and family history label (sexually abused mother d ying of cancer, normal). Perceiver bias was confirmed. Sexually abused children were expected to have more behavior problems than children w hose mothers had terminal cancer. When acquaintance with victims of se xual abuse was controlled male and female respondents' perceptions did not differ. However, perceptions of female sexual abuse victims were more biased than perceptions of male victims.