Validation of a Child Abuse Questionnaire in Iranian Children with Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis

Objectives: Protecting children from abuse is a publicresponsibility. Having a valid tool to assess child abuse isnecessary.Methods: The present analysis variance–covariance matrixstudy recruited 360 elementary school students selected bymultistage sampling method. The mean variance, compositereliability and Cronbach’s alpha were used in the form of firstorder and second order confirmatory factor analysis approaches.Results:The overall prevalence of child abuse was 27.61%.The prevalence of different types of child abuse including fear,neglect, verbal, parental maltreatment, physical, and destructionof confidence were 62%, 42.2%, 18.7%, 15.6%, 14.5%, and12.6%, respectively. These 6 factors explained 64.6% of thetotal variance of child abuse. The first order confirmatory factoranalysis explains the model better than the second order.Conclusion: The Iranian version of the child abusequestionnaire showed acceptable psychometrics. It is necessaryto consider different views of parents and children in futurestudies.

کلیدواژه ها:

Child abuse ، Exploratory factor analysis ، Confirmatory factor analysis