Citation

Miccio-Fonseca LC. J. Aggression Maltreat. Trauma 2010; 19(7): 734-756.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/10926771.2010.515542

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

SafetyLit comment: The assessment tool is indeed MEGA♪ with a superscript musical note symbol. Even after great effort, the SafetyLit search system cannot limit query results to only that term and returns all records with MEGA. SafetyLit is not alone, Google Scholar, Microsoft Academic Search, PsycINFO, PubMed, and Web of Science all fail to recognize the musical symbol.

MEGA♪ is a comprehensive, ecologically framed, structured risk assessment tool for assessing sexually abusive behavior, coarse sexual improprieties, or both in all youth under 19 years, including male and female adjudicated and nonadjudicated youth, children under 12, and youth with low intellectual functioning. MEGA♪, or Multiplex Empirically Guided Inventory of Ecological Aggregates for Assessing Sexually Abusive Adolescents and Children (Ages 19 and Under; Miccio-Fonseca, 2006b) is composed of 7 aggregates and 4 distinct risk scales: (a) Risk Scale, (b) Protective Risk Scale, (c) Estrangement Risk Scale, and (d) Persistent Sexual Deviancy Scale. Discussed are the internal consistency findings on a sample of 1,184 (979 males and 205 females). MEGA♪'s Risk and Protective Risk Scales are discussed in depth.