Citation

Künster AK, Wucher A, Thurn L, Kindler H, Fischer D, Ziegenhain U. Prax. Kinderpsychol. Kinderpsychiatr. 2011; 60(3): 206-223.

Vernacular Title

Risikoepidemiologie und Kinderschutzstatistik in der fruhen Kindheit--eine

Affiliation

Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie/Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Ulm, Ulm. anne-katrin.kuenster@uniklinik-ulm.de

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Verlag Fur Medizinische Psychologie)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

21488326

Abstract

There is a lack of prevalence data of child maltreatment and neglect in German speaking countries. The aim of this pilot study was to develop a questionnaire as a generally useable method for surveys of early child maltreatment and to test its feasibility and usefulness. The pilot study of this methodology would also give a first indication of the prevalence of risk factors and of child maltreatment itself. The study was carried out in 21 day-care centres in Vorarlberg, Austria. The questionnaire was judged as very user-friendly and useable. Prevalence was 5.3 % for neglect and 1.2 % for abuse in the study sample. The results demonstrate that systematic data collection in the field of youth welfare is practicable in German speaking countries. In addition, day-care centres allow easy access to data collection. Further psychometric testing of the questionnaire with normative data samples and across different professional groups is required.

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