Abstract:
:Child abuse is a major public health problem. In order to establish the prevalence of abuse exposure among children, measures need to be age-appropriate, sensitive, reliable and valid. This study aimed to investigate the psychometric properties of the Adverse Childhood Experiences Questionnaire Abuse Short Form (ACE-ASF). The ACE-ASF is an 8-item, retrospective self-report questionnaire measuring lifetime physical, emotional and sexual abuse. Data from a nationally representative sample of 15-year-old, school-going adolescents (n=1733, 55.5% female) from the Romanian Health Behavior in School-Based Children Study 2014 (HBSC) were analyzed. The factorial structure of the ACE-ASF was tested with Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and confirmed using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). Measurement invariance was examined across sex, and internal reliability and concurrent criterion validity were established. Violence exposure was high: 39.7% physical, 32.2% emotional and 13.1% sexual abuse. EFA established a two-factor structure: physical/emotional abuse and sexual abuse. CFA confirmed this model fitted the data well [χ2(df)=60.526(19); RMSEA=0.036; CFI/TLI=0.990/0.986]. Metric invariance was supported across sexes. Internal consistency was good (0.83) for the sexual abuse scale and poor (0.57) for the physical/emotional abuse scale. Concurrent criterion validity confirmed hypothesized relationships between childhood abuse and health-related quality of life, life satisfaction, self-perceived health, bullying victimization and perpetration, externalizing and internalizing behaviors, and multiple health complaints. Results support the ACE-ASF as a valid measure of physical, emotional and sexual abuse in school-aged adolescents. However, the ACE-ASF combines spanking with other types of physical abuse when this should be assessed separately instead. Future research is needed to replicate findings in different youth populations and across age groups.
journal_name
Child Abuse Negljournal_title
Child abuse & neglectauthors
Meinck F,Cosma AP,Mikton C,Baban Adoi
10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.08.016subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-10-01 00:00:00pages
326-337eissn
0145-2134issn
1873-7757pii
S0145-2134(17)30295-8journal_volume
72pub_type
杂志文章abstract::Recalled abuse was examined in relation to dissociation in a sample of 312 undergraduates. The Physical Abuse Scale of the Assessing Environments III (Berger & Knutson, 1984) and a newly developed sexual abuse questionnaire measured recalled physical and sexual abuse. The Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility...
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0145-2134(93)90022-w
更新日期:1993-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Child maltreatment is a major public health concern due to its impact on developmental trajectories and consequences across mental and physical health outcomes. Operationalization of child maltreatment has been complicated, as research has used simple dichotomous counts to identification of latent class profiles. This...
journal_title:Child abuse & neglect
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.02.020
更新日期:2017-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Health care workers called upon to evaluate trauma in children must frequently decide if a given injury may have been intentionally inflicted. Some injuries are considered to be virtually diagnostic of abuse, but most are not at present readily associated with a particular type of intentional or nonintentional trauma....
journal_title:Child abuse & neglect
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/0145-2134(88)90004-x
更新日期:1988-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Child abuse & neglect
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.06.013
更新日期:2017-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Child abuse & neglect
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0145-2134(83)90035-2
更新日期:1983-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Child abuse & neglect
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0145-2134(85)90012-2
更新日期:1985-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Child abuse & neglect
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2013.07.006
更新日期:2013-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Child abuse & neglect
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0145-2134(97)00122-1
更新日期:1998-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Child abuse & neglect
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0145-2134(01)00259-9
更新日期:2001-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Child abuse & neglect
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0145-2134(91)90063-j
更新日期:1991-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Child abuse & neglect
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.03.019
更新日期:2015-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Child abuse & neglect
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.09.023
更新日期:2018-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Child abuse & neglect
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0145-2134(90)90013-j
更新日期:1990-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Child abuse & neglect
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0145-2134(95)00118-2
更新日期:1996-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Although previous literature on incest has dealt extensively with the nature, parameters, and effects of such abuse, it has not focused on the role of coping in the psychological adjustment of victims. Forty-five female adolescent incest victims in treatment completed questionnaires regarding their current adjustment,...
journal_title:Child abuse & neglect
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0145-2134(91)90073-m
更新日期:1991-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:This study explores Korean immigrant mothers' attitudes toward child physical abuse based on an ecological perspective. METHOD:One hundred and forty-four Korean immigrant mothers who came to the US after age 16 and have at least one child under 18 years old participated in this study. Data were collected usi...
journal_title:Child abuse & neglect
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0145-2134(01)00248-4
更新日期:2001-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:There is increasing evidence that sibling bullying is associated with various social, emotional, and mental health difficulties. It is, however, unclear which factors predict sibling bullying in middle childhood and whether child-level individual differences make some children more susceptible to sibling bul...
journal_title:Child abuse & neglect
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104633
更新日期:2020-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Child abuse & neglect
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0145-2134(02)00339-3
更新日期:2002-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Abusive head trauma (AHT) is a severe form of child abuse causing devastating outcomes for children and families, but its economic costs in Canada has yet to be determined. The Period of PURPLE crying program (PURPLE) is an AHT prevention program implemented in British Columbia for which success in reducing ...
journal_title:Child abuse & neglect
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104133
更新日期:2019-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Child abuse & neglect
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.04.020
更新日期:2018-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Child abuse & neglect
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.04.019
更新日期:2017-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Child abuse & neglect
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.01.012
更新日期:2019-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Child abuse & neglect
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0145-2134(01)00227-7
更新日期:2001-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Child abuse & neglect
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0145-2134(00)00179-4
更新日期:2000-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Child abuse & neglect
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.11.011
更新日期:2019-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Child abuse & neglect
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.11.006
更新日期:2015-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:With lingering effects from more than 50 years of war, young children in Colombia are exposed to multiple risk factors such as poverty, civil conflict, and domestic violence. In addition to these environmental stressors, public and legal support for corporal punishment remains high, which is shown by the hig...
journal_title:Child abuse & neglect
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.02.003
更新日期:2019-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::This paper describes child protection teams in rural Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The teams have developed an innovative model that encourages a community-based response to child abuse. Child protection teams usually follow the case consultation model, which is a group of professionals dealing with specific case...
journal_title:Child abuse & neglect
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0145-2134(95)00142-5
更新日期:1996-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Mothers with mental retardation with or without a history of child abuse and/or neglect were compared on a number of demographic variables. The reasons why children were or were not removed also were examined. The demographic comparisons showed that while those mothers with such a history generally had higher IQs, the...
journal_title:Child abuse & neglect
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0145-2134(90)90003-c
更新日期:1990-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Child abuse & neglect
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0145-2134(86)90032-3
更新日期:1986-01-01 00:00:00