Assessment of child maltreatment has been inconsistent across literature due to its complexity, multidimensionality, and the variety of conceptualizations of this construct. Five instruments have recurrently examined psychometric properties across the last years of research: Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, Maltreatment and Abuse Chronology of Exposure, Child Abuse Potential Inventory, Identification of Parents at Risk for child Abuse and Neglect, and Psychosocial Screening Tool. This article aims to examine and wrap up the knowledge regarding the psychometric properties of these instruments. A systematic review was performed through three of the most relevant databases in order to identify the most validated instruments to assess child maltreatment from 2010 to 2020, and 19 research articles were identified. Results indicate that there is a lack of information regarding some psychometric properties and therefore, in the light of this information, it is not possible to clearly determine if there are instruments with stronger scientific evidence for their psychometric properties, although the Maltreatment and Abuse Chronology of Exposure Scale (MACE) obtained the strongest psychometric evidence. This systematic review provided a comprehensive review on the main psychometric properties of five child maltreatment instruments in order to facilitate researchers and child welfare professionals the selection of the most suitable instrument for their specific purpose. We recommend addressing these gaps of information by further examining the psychometric properties of these instruments, and developing valid and reliable instruments for early detection in child maltreatment.

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对 2010 年至 2020 年五种最经常验证的儿童虐待评估工具的系统审查和批判性评估。

由于其复杂性、多维性以及这一结构概念的多样性，对儿童虐待的评估在各种文献中并不一致。在过去几年的研究中，有五种工具反复检查了心理测量特性：儿童创伤问卷、虐待和虐待暴露年表、儿童虐待潜在调查表、识别有虐待和忽视儿童风险的父母以及心理社会筛查工具。本文旨在检查和总结有关这些工具的心理测量特性的知识。为了确定 2010 年至 2020 年评估儿童虐待行为最有效的工具，我们对三个最相关的数据库进行了系统审查，并确定了 19 篇研究文章。结果表明，缺乏有关某些心理测量特性的信息，因此，根据这些信息，无法清楚地确定是否存在对其心理测量特性具有更强科学证据的仪器，尽管虐待和虐待年表暴露量表（MACE）获得了最有力的心理测量证据。这项系统综述对五种儿童虐待工具的主要心理测量特性进行了全面审查，以方便研究人员和儿童福利专业人员选择最适合其特定目的的工具。我们建议通过进一步检查这些工具的心理测量特性来解决这些信息差距，并开发有效和可靠的工具来早期发现虐待儿童。