BACKGROUND The study aim was to develop and psychometrically assess an instrument to measure clinician attitude and competence in understanding violence affecting women with disabilities. METHOD Data were collected from 419 clinicians with a master's degree or higher. Once collected, data was split randomly into two equal groups. Exploratory factor analysis was conducted on the first half of the data (n = 209) and confirmatory factor analysis was conducted on the second half of the data (n = 210) to establish construct validity. The draft instrument thus generated was designated as the Clinician Attitude Toward Violence Affecting Women With Disabilities (CAVAWD) Scale, which includes 4 factors (perception of problem, training competency, screening and reporting competency, and policy awareness). These four factors loaded on 40 items, with an overall Cronbach's alpha of 0.898 and McDonald's omega of 0.903, explaining 58.7% of the total variance. RESULTS Initial psychometric assessment of CAVAWD showed good reliability and consistent construct validity through 4 moderate to highly loaded factors that are interpretable and parsimonious. CONCLUSION Further testing is needed; however, at present, the CAVAWD may be potentially useful to evaluate and measure counselor attitude, competency, and understanding of violence affecting women with disabilities. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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临床医生对待暴力影响残疾妇女的态度 (CAVAWD) 量表的开发和初步验证：一项探索性研究。

背景 该研究的目的是开发和心理测量评估一种工具，以衡量临床医生在理解影响残疾妇女的暴力行为方面的态度和能力。方法 数据来自 419 名具有硕士学位或更高学历的临床医生。收集后，数据被随机分成两个相等的组。对前半部分数据（n = 209）进行探索性因素分析，对后半部分数据（n = 210）进行验证性因素分析，以建立结构效度。由此产生的工具草案被指定为影响残疾妇女的临床医生对暴力的态度 (CAVAWD) 量表，其中包括 4 个因素（对问题的感知、培训能力、筛选和报告能力以及政策意识）。这四个因素加载在 40 个项目上，总体 Cronbach's alpha 为 0.898，McDonald's omega 为 0.903，解释了总方差的 58.7%。结果 CAVAWD 的初始心理测量评估通过 4 个可解释且简洁的中等至高度负荷因素显示出良好的可靠性和一致的结构效度。结论 需要进一步测试；然而，目前，CAVAWD 可能对评估和衡量顾问的态度、能力和对影响残疾妇女的暴力的理解有用。（PsycINFO 数据库记录 (c) 2020 APA，保留所有权利）。结果 CAVAWD 的初始心理测量评估通过 4 个可解释且简洁的中等至高度负荷因素显示出良好的可靠性和一致的结构效度。结论 需要进一步测试；然而，目前，CAVAWD 可能对评估和衡量辅导员的态度、能力和对影响残疾妇女的暴力的理解有用。（PsycINFO 数据库记录 (c) 2020 APA，保留所有权利）。结果 CAVAWD 的初始心理测量评估通过 4 个可解释且简洁的中等至高度负荷因素显示出良好的可靠性和一致的结构效度。结论 需要进一步测试；然而，目前，CAVAWD 可能对评估和衡量顾问的态度、能力和对影响残疾妇女的暴力的理解有用。（PsycINFO 数据库记录 (c) 2020 APA，保留所有权利）。