TY - JOUR
T1 - A brief form of the child abuse potential inventory
T2 - Development and validation
AU - Ondersma, Steven J.
AU - Chaffin, Mark J.
AU - Mullins, Sharon M.
AU - Lebreton, James M.
N1 - Funding Information:
Steven J. Ondersma, Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, and Obstetrics and Gynecology. Mark J. Chaffin and Sharon M. Mullins, Department of Pediatrics. James M. LeBreton, Department of Psychology. This research was supported in part by National Institute on Drug Abuse Grant DA00516, and Administration on Children, Youth, and Families/Children’s Bureau Grants 90–CA–1633 and 90–CB–0069.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - A brief version of the Child Abuse Potential Inventory (CAP) was developed using a development sample of N = 1,470, and cross-validated using an additional sample of N = 713. Items were selected to maximize (a) CAP variance accounted for; (b) prediction of future child protective services reports; (c) item invariance across gender, age, and ethnicity; (d) factor stability; and (e) readability and acceptability. On cross-validation, scores from the resulting 24-item risk scale demonstrated an internal consistency estimate of .89, a stable 7-factor structure, and substantial correlations with the CAP Abuse Risk score (r = .96). The CAP risk cutoff was predicted with 93% sensitivity and 93% specificity (area under the receiver operating characteristics curve = .98), and the Brief Child Abuse Potential Inventory (BCAP) and CAP demonstrated similar patterns of external correlates. The BCAP may be useful as a time-efficient screener for abuse risk.
AB - A brief version of the Child Abuse Potential Inventory (CAP) was developed using a development sample of N = 1,470, and cross-validated using an additional sample of N = 713. Items were selected to maximize (a) CAP variance accounted for; (b) prediction of future child protective services reports; (c) item invariance across gender, age, and ethnicity; (d) factor stability; and (e) readability and acceptability. On cross-validation, scores from the resulting 24-item risk scale demonstrated an internal consistency estimate of .89, a stable 7-factor structure, and substantial correlations with the CAP Abuse Risk score (r = .96). The CAP risk cutoff was predicted with 93% sensitivity and 93% specificity (area under the receiver operating characteristics curve = .98), and the Brief Child Abuse Potential Inventory (BCAP) and CAP demonstrated similar patterns of external correlates. The BCAP may be useful as a time-efficient screener for abuse risk.
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U2 - 10.1207/s15374424jccp3402_9
DO - 10.1207/s15374424jccp3402_9
M3 - Article
C2 - 15901230
AN - SCOPUS:20744438643
SN - 1537-4416
VL - 34
SP - 301
EP - 311
JO - Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
JF - Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
IS - 2
ER -