Development and Validation of a Child Physical and Sexual Abuse Prevention Scale
| Autor: | Deborah Caddy, Sarah Matthes, Emily E. Spence, Ashvita Garg, Erika L. Thompson, Katharine Collier Esser, Danielle Rohr |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Child abuse
Health (social science) Psychometrics Social Psychology Sex Offenses Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Discriminant validity Reproducibility of Results Cronbach's alpha Convergent validity Sexual abuse Surveys and Questionnaires Scale (social sciences) Internal consistency Humans Family Child Abuse Child Psychology Clinical psychology Abuse prevention |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Health Behavior. 45:947-955 |
| ISSN: | 1087-3244 |
| Popis: | Objective: School-based child abuse primary prevention programs are delivered across the country; however, a validated measurement tool that is feasible to deliver to students is unavailable. The purpose of this study was to describe the development and validation of a measurement tool for knowledge and skills related to the primary prevention of child physical and sexual abuse. Methods: Two elementary schools and 404 students participated. Students completed 5 instruments: the Play it Safe!® scale, 2 scales related to abuse prevention, and 2 unrelated scales. For assessment of the convergent and divergent validity, correlations were estimated and corresponding p-values in SAS version 9.4. Results: For the Play it Safe!® scale, the mean score was 10.87 out of 14 potential points (SD = 2.73; higher scores = higher knowledge). The internal consistency of the scale was adequate with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.77. We found strong correlations for the 2 convergent validity scales, and weak correlations for the 2 divergent validity scales. Conclusions: This study demonstrates the divergent and convergent validity of a child abuse primary prevention knowledge scale that can be used in school-settings and can assist in the measurement of primary prevention knowledge. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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