Measuring awareness about child abuse and neglect: Validity and reliability of a newly developed tool-child abuse and neglect awareness scale
In this study, we aimed at determining child abuse and neglect awarenessof medical students attending one of the top medical schools in Turkey. Thestudy group comprised 350 third-year medical students at Gazi University,School of Medicine, Ankara. The items in the scale were prepared by twoexperienced pediatricians and revised according to feedback received fromtwo pilot studies and experts in this field of study. A 20-item “Child Abuseand Neglect Awareness” scale (CANA-S) was developed by an expert panel.Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed. We alsomeasured test–retest reliability and internal consistency. Conformity for factoranalysis of the scale’s construct validity revealed a Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin sampleconcordance coefficient of 0.799. For the Bartlett Sphericity test, χ2 valuewas 1157.750 (p
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- Başlangıç: 1958
- Yayıncı: Hacettepe Üniversitesi Çocuk Sağlığı Enstitüsü Müdürlüğü
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