Samper, P., Carbonell, Á, Tomás, J. M., & García-Mollá, A.
Development and psychometric properties of the Adolescents and Children Risk of Abuse and Maltreatment Community Scale (ACRAM-CS)
The risk factors of child maltreatment have been studied by focusing on the characteristics of the victim or the close environment, leaving aside the community-related factors. We aimed to develop and provide psychometric properties of the Adolescents and Children Risk of Abuse and Maltreatment Community Scale (ACRAM-CS), a 21-item scale for the assessment of structural risk factors of child maltreatment. Structural validity, reliability, and convergent validity were studied for this measure in 608 cases — a sample informed by 286 child welfare workers: ages ranged from 0 to 18 years (M = 12.07, SD = 5.23). The results of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) corroborate the 6-dimension factor structure from the theoretical development, χ2 = 286.78, df = 155, p < .001; CFI = .96; RMSEA = .04, 90% CI [.031, .044]. Results of convergent validity indicate a significant correlation with the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form (CTQ-SF) and the Cleveland-Child Abuse Potential Scale (C-CAPS).
Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology, 2023, Vol. 30, pp. 287-301, DOI: 10.4473/TPM30.3.3
