Measuring child maltreatment: A comparison of prospective parent reports and retrospective adolescent reports
Measuring child maltreatment: A comparison of prospective parent reports and retrospective adolescent reports
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DOI：
10.1037/0002-9432.74.4.424
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发表时间：
2004-10-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Whitney, SD
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作者：
Tajima, EA;Herrenkohl, TI;Whitney, SD
使用Lehigh纵向研究数据（N = 457），作者比较了前瞻性父母自我报告和回顾性青少年报告的儿童早期身体虐待，探索他们的对应关系，预测等效性，以及与冲突报告相关的结果。儿童虐待的前瞻性和回顾性报告之间的对应关系为中度（phi = 0.27）。男性和女性的并发症发生率相似。对前瞻性和回顾性测量的相对预测能力的分析表明，两者都是青春期关键结果的重要预测因素。研究结果支持这两种措施的预测有效性儿童虐待，并强调测量这一重要的结构的方法上的挑战。鉴于对儿童期虐待后果的研究十分丰富和突出，应当更加重视这种衡量问题。
Using Lehigh Longitudinal Study data (N = 457), the authors compare prospective parent self-reports and retrospective adolescent reports of early childhood physical abuse, exploring their correspondence, predictive equivalence, and outcomes associated with conflicting reports. Correspondence between prospective and retrospective reports of child maltreatment was moderate (phi = 0.27). Concurrence rates were similar for males and females. Analyses of the relative predictive capacity of prospective and retrospective measures revealed both to be significant predictors of key outcomes in adolescence. Findings support the predictive validity of both measures of childhood maltreatment and underscore the methodological challenges of measuring this important construct. Given the abundance and salience of research on the consequences of childhood maltreatment, greater attention to such measurement issues is due.