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Exploratory Factor Analysis and Psychometric Evaluation of the Teacher Reporting Attitude Scale for Child Sexual Abuse.
- Source :
- Journal of Child Sexual Abuse; Sep/Oct2012, Vol. 21 Issue 5, p489-506, 18p
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- This paper presents an evaluation of an instrument to measure teachers' attitudes toward reporting child sexual abuse and discusses the instrument's merit for research into reporting practice. Based on responses from 444 Australian teachers, the Teachers' Reporting Attitude Scale for Child Sexual Abuse was evaluated using exploratory factor analysis. The scale isolated three dimensions: commitment to the reporting role, confidence in the system's response to reports, and concerns about reporting. These three factors accounted for 37.5% of the variance in the 14-item measure. Alpha coefficients for the subscales were 0.769 (commitment), 0.617 (confidence), and 0.661 (concerns). The findings provide insights into the complexity of studying teachers' attitudes toward reporting of child sexual abuse and have implications for future research. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- CHI-squared test
CHILD sexual abuse
CHILDREN'S rights
STATISTICAL correlation
FACTOR analysis
MULTIVARIATE analysis
PSYCHOMETRICS
PUBLIC health laws
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH funding
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
SCALES (Weighing instruments)
RESEARCH methodology evaluation
COLLEGE teacher attitudes
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10538712
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Child Sexual Abuse
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 80139790
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2012.689423