Child abuse potential inventory in Italy: A comparative study of abusive and nonabusive parents

Q1 Social Sciences

Journal of Child Custody Pub Date : 2016-10-01 DOI:10.1080/15379418.2016.1250145

Sarah Miragoli, E. Camisasca, P. Di Blasio, Luca Milani, C. Ionio, Nico Gizzi, Angela Cammarella, M. M. Togliatti

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to explore the reliability and ability of the Child Abuse Potential (CAP) Inventory to discriminate parents in an Italian sample who are physically child abusive and physically nonabusive parents. The CAP Inventory and measures on parenting stress (PSI-SF) and parents’ attributions of child adjustment (CBCL) were administered in a sample of 37 abusive and 102 nonabusive parents in an Italian sample: Both groups of the respondents were similar in age, gender, marital status, and education. The Abuse scale showed adequate internal consistency (α = .86) and 52 items significantly discriminate between abusive and nonabusive parents. Moreover, the mean score of abusive parents (M = 194.5) was significantly higher than the mean score of nonabusive parents (M = 78) and the Abuse scale was correlated with parenting stress and parental perceptions of maladjustment in children (in terms of internalizing and externalizing symptoms). Finally, with the cut-off suggested in the original version of the CAP Inventory (Milner, 1986) when abusive and nonabusive groups are compared (166), the Abuse scale correctly classified 70.3% of the abusive group and 100% of the nonabusive group. These results showed adequate reliability and validity of the Abuse scale for Italy.

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意大利儿童虐待潜在调查:虐待和非虐待父母的比较研究

摘要:本研究的目的是探讨儿童虐待潜力(CAP)量表在意大利样本中区分身体虐待儿童和身体不虐待儿童父母的可靠性和能力。在意大利的37名虐待父母和102名非虐待父母的样本中进行了CAP量表和育儿压力测量(PSI-SF)和父母对儿童适应的归因(CBCL):两组受访者在年龄、性别、婚姻状况和教育程度上相似。虐待量表显示出足够的内部一致性(α = 0.86)，有52个项目在虐待父母和非虐待父母之间存在显著差异。此外，虐待父母的平均得分(M = 194.5)显著高于非虐待父母的平均得分(M = 78)，虐待量表与育儿压力和父母对儿童适应不良的感知(就内化和外化症状而言)相关。最后，根据最初版本的CAP量表(Milner, 1986)在比较施暴群体和非施暴群体时提出的截点(166)，虐待量表正确分类了70.3%的施暴群体和100%的非施暴群体。这些结果表明意大利滥用量表具有足够的信度和效度。

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Journal of Child Custody FAMILY STUDIES-

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