Development and Validation of a Retrospective Self-Report Measure of Childhood Neglect

• NCJ Number: 311180
• Journal: Child Abuse & Neglect Volume: 106 Dated: 1 June 2020
• Author(s): Tomer Carmel; Cathy Widom
• Date Published: August 2020
• DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104555
• Grant Number(s): 2011-WG-BX-0013; 89-IJ-CX-0007; 86-IJ-CX-0033
• Agencies: NIJ-Sponsored
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical)
• Award: Thirty-year Follow-up of the Cycle of Violence

Abstract

Several measures are available to assess childhood physical and sexual abuse, but few measures focus specifically on neglect and little psychometric research on measures exists. This paper aims to fill a gap in the field by describing a new instrument to measure childhood neglect retrospectively and providing information about construct, predictive, and discriminant validity using adults with documented histories of childhood neglect. 

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