TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Development and validation of a child physical and sexual abuse prevention scale
JO  - American journal of health behavior
A1  - Thompson, Erika L.
A1  - Garg, Ashvita
A1  - Esser, Katharine Collier
A1  - Caddy, Deborah
A1  - Matthes, Sarah
A1  - Rohr, Danielle
A1  - Spence, Emily E.
SP  - 947
EP  - 955
VL  - 45
IS  - 5
N2  - OBJECTIVE: School-based child abuse primary prevention programs are delivered across the country; however, a validated measurement tool that is feasible to deliver to students is unavailable. The purpose of this study was to describe the development and validation of a measurement tool for knowledge and skills related to the primary prevention of child physical and sexual abuse. <br><br>METHODS: Two elementary schools and 404 students participated. Students completed 5 instruments: the Play it Safe!(®) scale, 2 scales related to abuse prevention, and 2 unrelated scales. For assessment of the convergent and divergent validity, correlations were estimated and corresponding p-values in SAS version 9.4. <br><br>RESULTS: For the Play it Safe!(®) scale, the mean score was 10.87 out of 14 potential points (SD = 2.73; higher scores = higher knowledge). The internal consistency of the scale was adequate with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.77. We found strong correlations for the 2 convergent validity scales, and weak correlations for the 2 divergent validity scales. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrates the divergent and convergent validity of a child abuse primary prevention knowledge scale that can be used in school-settings and can assist in the measurement of primary prevention knowledge.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1087-3244
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.45.5.14
ID  - ref1
ER  -