Development and Validation of the Adolescent and Children in Risk of Abuse and Maltreatment Protective Factors Scale (ACRAM-PFS).

IF 1.4 4区医学 Q2 SOCIAL WORK

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal Pub Date : 2023-01-03 DOI:10.1007/s10560-022-00908-7

Adrián García-Mollá, Ángela Carbonell, José Javier Navarro-Pérez, José M Tomás

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Background: Child maltreatment is a significant global problem concerning over 25% of children around the world. Traditionally, the assessment of children's welfare was characterized by the creation of instruments and models from the deficit-based theoretical framework.

Purpose: This study aims to develop an instrument to measure protective factors (the Adolescent and Children Risk of Abuse and Maltreatment Protective Factors Scale, ACRAM-PFS) and gather evidence on its psychometric properties. ACRAM-PFS is an 18-items scale for the assessment of protective factors of child maltreatment developed from the socioecological framework.

Method: Structural validity, reliability and convergent-related validity were studied for this measure in a sample of 616 children and adolescents, with age ranging from 0 to 18 years old (M = 12.14; SD = 5.22). Cases were informed by 286 child welfare workers. The sample was split in two subsamples, one to perform an Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and the second to perform a Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA).

Results: The CFA corroborate the three-factor structure that includes the children and adolescents' resources, the family/caregiver's resources and the community resources (χ² = 278.005, df = 132, p < .001, CFI = 0.955, SRMR = .084, RMSEA = .061, [90% CI: .051-.071]). Results of convergent-related validity indicated significant correlation with CTQ-SF and protective factors dimension of C-CAPS.

Discussion: The results support that ACRAM-PFS is a rigorous measure for assessing protective factors for child maltreatment. The scale can serve as a key tool for designing strengths-based intervention strategies tailored to the actual needs of children and adolescents. The present study provides the implications for the development of protective factor scales in the field of child welfare.

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青少年和面临虐待风险儿童保护因素量表（ACRAM-PFS）的开发和验证。

背景：虐待儿童是一个严重的全球性问题，涉及全世界超过 25% 的儿童。目的：本研究旨在开发一种测量保护性因素的工具（青少年和儿童受虐待风险保护性因素量表，ACRAM-PFS），并收集有关其心理测量特性的证据。ACRAM-PFS 是一个包含 18 个项目的量表，用于评估从社会生态学框架中发展出来的儿童虐待保护因素：方法：在 616 名 0 至 18 岁的儿童和青少年样本（中位数 = 12.14；标准差 = 5.22）中研究了该量表的结构效度、信度和收敛相关效度。病例由 286 名儿童福利工作者提供。样本分为两个子样本，一个用于进行探索性因子分析（EFA），另一个用于进行确证性因子分析（CFA）：CFA证实了包括儿童和青少年资源、家庭/照顾者资源和社区资源在内的三因素结构（χ2 = 278.005, df = 132, p 讨论）：研究结果表明，ACRAM-PFS 是一种用于评估儿童虐待保护因素的严格量表。该量表可作为一种重要工具，用于设计适合儿童和青少年实际需要的、以优势为基础的干预策略。本研究为儿童福利领域保护因素量表的开发提供了启示。

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期刊介绍： The Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal (CASW) features original articles that focus on social work practice with children, adolescents, and their families. Topics include issues affecting a variety of specific populations in special settings. CASW welcomes a range of scholarly contributions focused on children and adolescents, including theoretical papers, narrative case studies, historical analyses, traditional reviews of the literature, descriptive studies, single-system research designs, correlational investigations, methodological works, pre-experimental, quasi-experimental and experimental evaluations, meta-analyses and systematic reviews. Manuscripts involving qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods are welcome to be submitted, as are papers grounded in one or more theoretical orientations, or those that are not based on any formal theory. CASW values different disciplines and interdisciplinary work that informs social work practice and policy. Authors from public health, nursing, psychology, sociology, and other disciplines are encouraged to submit manuscripts. All manuscripts should include specific implications for social work policy and practice with children and adolescents. Appropriate fields of practice include interpersonal practice, small groups, families, organizations, communities, policy practice, nationally-oriented work, and international studies. Authors considering publication in CASW should review the following editorial: Schelbe, L., & Thyer, B. A. (2019). Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal Editorial Policy: Guidelines for Authors. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 36, 75-80.