TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - A brief form of the child abuse potential inventory: development and validation
JO  - Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology
A1  - Ondersma, Steven J.
A1  - Chaffin, Mark J.
A1  - Mullins, Sharon M.
A1  - LeBreton, James M.
SP  - 301
EP  - 311
VL  - 34
IS  - 2
N2  - A brief version of the Child Abuse Potential Inventory (CAP) was developed using a development sample of N = 1,470, and cross-validated using an additional sample of N = 713. Items were selected to maximize (a) CAP variance accounted for; (b) prediction of future child protective services reports; (c) item invariance across gender, age, and ethnicity; (d) factor stability; and (e) readability and acceptability. On cross-validation, scores from the resulting 24-item risk scale demonstrated an internal consistency estimate of .89, a stable 7-factor structure, and substantial correlations with the CAP Abuse Risk score (r = .96). The CAP risk cutoff was predicted with 93% sensitivity and 93% specificity (area under the receiver operating characteristics curve = .98), and the Brief Child Abuse Potential Inventory (BCAP) and CAP demonstrated similar patterns of external correlates. The BCAP may be useful as a time-efficient screener for abuse risk.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1537-4416
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1207/s15374424jccp3402_9
ID  - ref1
ER  -