Abstract
The present study developed the Child Abuse Risk Assessment Scale (CARAS), an actuarial instrument for the assessment of the risk of physical child abuse. Data of 2,363 Chinese parents (47.7% male) living in Hong Kong were used in the analyses. Participants were individually interviewed with a questionnaire assessing their perpetration of child abuse and some theoretically or empirically tested factors associated with child abuse. Using the split-half validation procedure, the 5-factor, 64-item CARAS was created and validated. When applying to the second half of the split sample, the CARAS had a sensitivity of 81.9%, a specificity of 77.8%, and an overall accuracy of 78.1%. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) was.91. Overall, our findings showed that the CARAS is a simple, systematic and validated instrument identifying at-risk population of child maltreatment in Chinese societies.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 951-973 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| Journal | Journal of Interpersonal Violence |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 Mar |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The author disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study is commissioned by the Social Welfare Department, the Government of Hong Kong and funded by the Lotteries Fund.
Funding Information:
This study is commissioned by the social welfare department and the Government of Hong Kong and funded by the Lotteries Fund.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Clinical Psychology
- Applied Psychology
