Objective

Researchers are increasingly using parental report measures in population-based surveys of violence against children. No research thus far has examined the factor structure of the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) Child Abuse Screening Tool Parent Version (ICAST-P), a non-commercialized measure for prevalence studies.

Methods

This paper uses secondary data from the Balkan Epidemiological Study on Child Abuse and Neglect (BECAN) which included 25,202 primary caregivers of school-going children in three grades (aged 11, 13 and 16). . Primary caregivers completed the ICAST-P 2010–2011, which measures children’s exposure to physical and psychological violence and neglect by caregivers and sexual violence by any perpetrator. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to assess the reliability and the factor structure of the ICAST-P for a four-dimensional model and a bifactor model, with one general factor and four group factors representing the specific components of each set of items. Measurement invariance could not be tested.

Results

Lifetime prevalence for physical violence was 66.7 %, for psychological violence 66.6 %, for sexual violence 3.1 % and for neglect 9.1 %. CFA showed adequate fit for the hypothesized four-dimensional model, however, improved fit was shown for a bifactor model with abuse as the general factor. Internal consistency was good for physical and psychological violence, but not neglect and sexual violence. Hierarchical omega showed good internal consistency for the general factor.

Conclusions

Parents report that their children experience high levels of violence. The factor structure of the ICAST-P is best captured using a bifactor modelling approach.

中文翻译：

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ISPCAN 儿童虐待筛查工具母版 (ICAST-P) 在 9 个巴尔干国家的跨国汇总数据集中的因子结构和内部一致性

客观的

研究人员越来越多地在基于人口的暴力侵害儿童行为调查中使用父母报告措施。迄今为止，还没有研究检查过国际防止虐待和忽视儿童协会 (ISPCAN) 儿童虐待筛查工具家长版 (ICAST-P) 的因素结构，这是一种用于流行率研究的非商业化衡量标准。

方法

本文使用来自巴尔干地区虐待和忽视儿童流行病学研究 (BECAN) 的二手数据，该研究包括 25,202 名三个年级（11、13 和 16 岁）学龄儿童的主要照顾者。. 主要看护者完成了 ICAST-P 2010-2011，它衡量儿童遭受看护者的身心暴力和忽视以及任何施暴者的性暴力。验证性因子分析 (CFA) 用于评估 ICAST-P 四维模型和双因子模型的可靠性和因子结构，其中一个一般因子和四个组因子代表每组项目的特定组成部分。无法测试测量不变性。

结果

身体暴力的终生流行率为 66.7%，心理暴力为 66.6%，性暴力为 3.1%，忽视为 9.1%。CFA 显示出对假设的四维模型的充分拟合，但是，对于以滥用作为一般因素的双因素模型显示出更好的拟合。内部一致性有利于身体和心理暴力，但不利于忽视和性暴力。分层 omega 对一般因素显示出良好的内部一致性。

结论

父母报告说，他们的孩子经历了高度的暴力。使用双因子建模方法可以最好地捕获 ICAST-P 的因子结构。