Myths About Child Sexual Abuse Among Professionals: Validation of the CSAM Scale.

IF 3.2 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Psicothema Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI:10.70478/psicothema.2025.37.15

Laura Andreu, Georgina Guilera, Noemí Pereda

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Abstract

Background: Misconceptions about child sexual abuse persist to this day. Assessing and challenging these beliefs among childcare professionals is essential to improve the quality of care provided to victims. The aim of the present study was to validate the CSAM scale in a sample of Spanish professionals, as well as to analyse their level of agreement with these misconceptions.

Method: 1007 participants (86.1% female) with various professional profiles related to childcare completed the CSAM scale as part of a training programme.

Results: The scale scores show a unidimensional structure (CFI = .99, TLI = .99, RMSEA = .05, SRMR = .06) and good internal consistency (α and ω = .83). Spanish childcare professionals generally disagreed with the myths presented (M = 18.2; SD = 4.3). However, men had higher scores on some items; prior training decreased the level of agreement with the myths; and police officers showed the lowest knowledge of child sexual abuse.

Conclusions: Knowledge among Spanish childcare professionals is generally adequate, however further training is still needed.

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专业人员对儿童性虐待的误解：CSAM量表的验证。

背景：关于儿童性虐待的误解一直持续到今天。评估和挑战儿童保育专业人员的这些信念对于提高向受害者提供的护理质量至关重要。本研究的目的是在西班牙专业人员的样本中验证CSAM量表，并分析他们对这些误解的同意程度。方法：1007名与儿童保育相关的不同专业的参与者（86.1%为女性）完成了CSAM量表作为培训计划的一部分。结果：量表得分呈单元化结构（CFI = 0.99, TLI = 0.99, RMSEA = 0.05, SRMR = 0.06），内部一致性较好（α和ω = 0.83）。西班牙儿童保育专业人员普遍不同意所提出的神话(M = 18.2；Sd = 4.3)。然而，男性在某些项目上得分更高；先前的训练降低了与神话的一致程度；警察对儿童性虐待的了解程度最低。结论：西班牙托儿专业人员的知识普遍充足，但仍需进一步培训。

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Psicothema PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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6.50

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16.70%

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24 weeks

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