Measuring violence against children: The adequacy of the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) child abuse screening tool - Child version in 9 Balkan countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 104636
Author(s):  
Franziska Meinck ◽  
Aja L. Murray ◽  
Michael P. Dunne ◽  
Peter Schmidt ◽  
George Nikolaidis ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Meita Dhamayanti ◽  
Anne Dian Rachmawati ◽  
Nita Arisanti ◽  
Elsa Puji Setiawati ◽  
Viramita K Rusmi ◽  
...  

 Saat ini belum ada kuesioner skrining kekerasan terhadap anak (KtA) di Indonesia. Upaya deteksi dini dapat menurunkan kejadian KtA. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mendapatkan alat skrining kekerasan terhadap anak dengan cara modifikasi dari kuesioner yang telah banyak digunakan di Negara lain, yaitu the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN)-Child Abuse Screening Tool (ICAST)-for Children (ICAST-C). Rancangan deskriptif dilakukan untuk menilai validitas dan reliabilitas instrumen. Pertama dilakukan lima tahapan translasi dan adaptasi lintas budaya terhadap instrumen hingga didapatkan kuesioner ICAST-C versi Bahasa Indonesia. Kedua dilakukan uji coba terhadap 45 anak usia 11–18 tahun yang bersekolah di SMP dan SMA Kota Bandung. Uji korelasi Rank-Spearman dan Kuder-Richardson digunakan masing-masing untuk mengukur validitas item dan reliabilitas. Validitas item kuesioner ICAST-C versi Bahasa Indonesia sebagian besar dinilai valid kecuali pada sembilan item (Rs ≤0,3). Reliabilitas keseluruhan variabel ICAST versi Bahasa Indonesia adalah KR 0,919. Kuesioner ICAST-C versi Bahasa Indonesia mempunyai validitas item dan reliabilitas yang baik sebagai alat skrining kekerasan terhadap anakKata kunci: ICAST-C, kekerasan terhadap anak, kuesioner skrining  AbstractNowadays there is still no screening tool for violence against child in Indonesia, Early detection may decrease child abuse prevalence The objective study was to obtain a screening tool for child abuse by modifying the questionnaires that have been widely used in other countries, specifically the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) -Child Abuse Screening Tool (ICAST) -for Children (ICAST-C). This descriptive study was begun with 5 phase of translation and adaptation across cultural of ICAST-C to establish Bahasa version. The item validity and reliability were measured by correlation Rank Spearman and Kuder-Richardson, respectively The items of ICAST-C Indonesian version were valid except on 9 items (Rs ≤0,3). The reliability of the ICAST-C Indonesian version was KR 0.919. The Indonesian versionquestionnaire of ICAST-C had a good item validity and reliability as a screening tool for child abuse.Keywords: ICAST-C, child abuse, questionnaire, screening


2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 218-23
Author(s):  
Meita Dhamayanti ◽  
Anne Dian Rachmawati ◽  
Anindita Noviandhari

Background In Indonesia, few screening tools for child abuse and neglect are available. The currently-favored tool was adapted from the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN)-Child Abuse Screening Tool (ICAST-C) questionnaire, consisted of 5 domains  child abuse and 59 items. Objective To re-evaluate the validity and reliability of the Indonesian version of ICAST-C. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted 480 children aged 11–18 years from junior and senior high schools in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Subjects were selected using two-stage cluster sampling. A validity test using Spearman’s rank correlation with Rs ≥0.3 was considered valid. A reliability test using Cronbach’s alpha formula with alpha score ≥0.7 was considered reliable. Results Most items in the Indonesian version of ICAST-C were valid and reliable, except for the following 9 out of 59 items: “anyone in your home used alcohol”, “seen adults in your home use knives”, “insulted you by calling you dumb”, “in order stop or change behavior”,  “forbade you from going out”, “pinched you”, “explained to you why something you did was wrong”, “gave you something else to do (in order to stop or change behavior)”, and “took away privileges or money”ICAST-C reliability was good (0.919), however domain of violence exposure (0.483) and neglect (0.445) were not so good Conclusion The updated Indonesian version of ICAST-C is considered valid, reliable as a screening tool for child abuse.


2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-134
Author(s):  
Syed Saleem Abbas ◽  
Tahira Jabeen

There is dearth of data regarding child abuse in Islamic Republic of Pakistan due to the strong taboo about discussing the child abuse. This is pioneering study aimed to providing the estimates on the prevalence of child abuse in Pakistan. This is a cross-sectional and retrospective study on the prevalence of child abuse using simple random sampling. The study was conducted using standardized International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect tool International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect Child Abuse Screening Tools Retrospective version. Data were collected from 274 students of 4-year BS program in the University of the Punjab, Lahore. According to the findings, physical abuse has the highest rate 57% (46% females and 68% males) of prevalence. Emotional abuse is the second highest form of abuse with 53% prevalence rate (54% females and 53% males). Among the other forms neglect is 40% (40% females and 40% males) and 41% respondents (39% females and 44% males) disclosed being sexually abused. Most frequently reported category of the perpetrator according to the findings of this study are the parents (20%) followed by friends (16%) and teachers (14%). Single year with highest report of all forms of abuse is 12th year, and the age span with maximum occurrence of abuse is from 10 to 15 years for all forms of abuse. Microsoft Excel was used for data processing and interpretation.


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