Findings from a study of 104 nonoffending parents and their
sexually abused children suggest four areas in which nonoffending
parents experience significant change or loss as a result of the
disclosure of the sexual abuse of their children. The term reporting
cost was coined to describe these changes and losses. The four types
of reporting costs found are relational, financial, vocational, and
residential. Nonoffending parents experienced an average of three
major costs from the disclosure of intrafamilial sexual abuse.