Psychometric testing of the Chinese version of ISPCAN Child Abuse Screening Tools Children's Home Version (ICAST-CH-C)

被引：26

作者：

Chang, Hsin-Yi ^{[1
]}

Lin, Chiao-Li ^{[2
]}

Chang, Yi-Ting ^{[3
]}

Tsai, Meng-Chu ^{[4
]}

Feng, Jui-Ying ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Natl Cheng Kung Univ Hosp, Tainan 704, Taiwan

[2] Sandplay World Express & Therapeut Training Ctr, Tainan 701, Taiwan

[3] Natl Cheng Kung Univ & Hosp, Dept Nursing, Tainan 701, Taiwan

[4] Kaohsiung Med Univ, Chung Ho Mem Hosp, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan

来源：

CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW | 2013年 / 35卷 / 12期

关键词：

Child maltreatment; ISPCAN Child Abuse Screening Tools; Instrument translation; Psychometric properties; SEXUAL-ABUSE; MALTREATMENT; PREVALENCE;

D O I：

10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.10.020

中图分类号：

D669 [社会生活与社会问题]; C913 [社会生活与社会问题];

学科分类号：

1204 ;

摘要：

Background: Child maltreatment is a global problem and the true extent remains unknown. The International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) Child Abuse Screening Tool Children's Home version (ICAST-CH) has provided accurate assessment of the scope and prevalence of child maltreatment. Yet measures of children's experiences of child maltreatment are limited in the Chinese population. Objectives: The study aimed to translate and validate a Chinese version of the ISPCAN Child Abuse Screening Tool - Children's Home version (ICAST-CH) and to evaluate its reliability and validity among Taiwan adolescents. Methods: A three phase study was conducted. In phase 1, the ICAST was translated into Chinese using forward-backward translation procedures with the translation equivalence and content validity assessed. In phase 2, the data provided by a convenience sample of 98 adolescents was used to assess the internal consistency of the ICAST-CH Chinese version (ICAST-CH-C). In phase 3, the psychometric properties of the ICAST-CH-C were tested with a nationwide random sample of 5236 adolescents from 35 schools. Results: The translation equivalence and content validity index of the ICAST-CH-C was satisfactory. The inter-rater agreements were.90-.91 for comparability of language and.89-.94 for similarity of interpretability. Results indicated that the ICAST-CH-C had a high level of equivalence with the original English version and demonstrated a high internal consistency (.71-.89). Confirmatory factor analysis revealed the presence of five factors supporting the conceptual dimension of the original instrument. Conclusion: This study provided initial psychometric properties of the ICAST-CH-C and supports it as a reliable, valid, and highly usable instrument to identify childhood victimization in adolescents. It provided health care professionals with a useful tool to assess the severity and prevalence of child maltreatment within Chinese communities. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：2135 / 2139

页数：5

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