Edited sentence: (1996), this may be due in part to the stigma attached to child sexual abuse.(2002) but has also received support; see Rind et al.38% of the 53 men studied by Urquiza (1987) said that they viewed their experience as positive at the time, but only 15% retained this attitude.A meta-analysis of 15 studies using college students by Rind et al.According to Coffey et al.Browne and Finkelhor (1986) warn "advocates not [to] exaggerate or overstate the intensity or inevitability of [CSA] consequences.Children may also report positive experiences even if their abuse was accompanied by negative emotions: in Okami (1991), for example, 41% of the 63 'positive' subjects recalled feelings of guilt, 35% said they were frightened at the time, and 29% reported feelings of shame.One study found that most men formerly involved in woman-boy sexual relations evaluate their experience as positive upon reflection.Russell (1986) speculated that the perception of a sexually abusive event as 'positive' could stem from a mechanism for coping with traumatic experiences.Several studies have indicated that some children regard their sexual abuse positively.Some researchers, such as John Money, David Finkelhor, and Gabriel Holguin, have opined that the presumption of trauma or damage can itself cause iatrogenic harm to child victims.The methodology of this study has been criticized by Dallam et al.There is contrasting evidence that some children who initially report positive feelings will sometimes go on to reassess their abuse in a negative light.found that boys reacted positively in 37% of the cases, while girls reacted positively in 11% of the cases