@article{ref1,
title="Preliminary cross-sectional validation of the CROPS 14-Item for juvenile offenders",
journal="International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology",
year="2020",
author="Edner, Benjamin J. and Piegore, Ashley L. and Glaser, Brian A. and Calhoun, Georgia B.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="The Child Report of Posttraumatic Symptoms (CROPS) is an effective 26-item trauma assessment tool. Research has indicated a 14-item version of the CROPS for juvenile offenders with improved predictive accuracy for detecting trauma exposure among male offenders and commensurate accuracy for female offenders. However, the 14-item scale has yet to be validated for juvenile offenders with an established trauma measure. Cross-sectional retrospective data of 74 adjudicated youth (59.5% male) from the original CROPS 14-item psychometric study sample were used to examine the factor structure, internal consistency, and convergent and divergent validity of the 14-item scale. <br><br>FINDINGS indicated strong internal consistency and significant correlations with all scales of an established and more extensive trauma measure for children and adolescents. <br><br>FINDINGS also revealed a CROPS 12-item model explaining 36.9% of variance. <br><br>RESULTS supported both convergent and divergent validity, suggesting both the CROPS 14-item and 12-item may be used as valid trauma symptom screeners for juvenile offenders.  Keywords: Juvenile justice <p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0306-624X",
doi="10.1177/0306624X20904703",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306624X20904703"
}