@article{ref1,
title="Applicability of "MEGA"[eighth note] to sexually abusive youth with low intellectual functioning",
journal="Journal of mental health research in intellectual disabilities",
year="2013",
author="Miccio-Fonseca, L. C. and Rasmussen, Lucinda A.",
volume="6",
number="1",
pages="42-59",
abstract="The study explored the predictive validity of &quot;Multiplex Empirically Guided Inventory of Ecological Aggregates for Assessing Sexually Abusive Children and Adolescents (Ages 4 to 19)&quot; (&quot;MEGA&quot;[eighth note]; Miccio-Fonseca, 2006b), a comprehensive developmentally sensitive risk assessment outcome tool. &quot;MEGA&quot;[eighth note] assesses risk for coarse sexual improprieties and/or sexually abusive behavior in male and female youth ages 4 to 19 years (adjudicated and nonadjudicated), including youth with low (i.e., borderline) intellectual functioning. &quot;MEGA&quot;[eighth note] has 4 distinct risk scales with robust internal consistency reliability on cross-validation: &quot;Risk Scale (0.81)&quot;, &quot;Protective Scale (0.78)&quot;, &quot;Estrangement Scale (0.79)&quot;, and &quot;Persistent Sexual Deviancy Scale (0.74)&quot;. Sexual recidivism in cross-validation (N = 1,056) was 8.4%, defined as sexually related probation or parole violation (formal or informal). ROC analysis for Risk Scale demonstrated &quot;MEGA&quot;[eighth note] has good predictive validity (AUC = 0.71, 95% CI of 0.62-0.80, p less than 0.001). Youth with low intellectual functioning scored significantly higher on the &quot;Risk Scale&quot; and &quot;Persistent Sexual Deviancy Scale&quot;, highlighting the importance of accurately assessing these youth. <p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1931-5864",
doi="10.1080/19315864.2011.650788",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19315864.2011.650788"
}