ISPCAN Child Abuse Screening Tool Children's Version (ICAST-C): Instrument development and multi-national pilot testing |
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| Authors: | Adam J Zolotor Desmond K Runyan Michael P Dunne Dipty Jain Helga R Péturs Clemencia Ramirez Elena Volkova Sibnath Deb Victoria Lidchi Tufail Muhammad Oksana Isaeva |
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| Institution: | 1. Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Parkville, VIC, Australia;2. Department of Psychiatry, UKM Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;3. Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia;4. Centre for Neural Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, VIC, Australia;5. North Western Mental Health, Melbourne Health, Parkville, VIC, Australia;6. Alberta Children''s Hospital Research Institute, Calgary, Canada;7. Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King''s College London, United Kingdom;8. Department of Medical Genetics, Psychiatry, and Physiology and Pharmacology, The University of Calgary, Canada;9. Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada;1. Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, University of Ottawa, Canada;2. Department of Philosophy, Carleton University, Canada |
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| Abstract: | ObjectiveTo develop a child victimization survey among a diverse group of child protection experts and examine the performance of the instrument through a set of international pilot studies.MethodsThe initial draft of the instrument was developed after input from scientists and practitioners representing 40 countries. Volunteers from the larger group of scientists participating in the Delphi review of the ICAST P and R reviewed the ICAST C by email in 2 rounds resulting in a final instrument. The ICAST C was then translated and back translated into six languages and field tested in four countries using a convenience sample of 571 children 12–17 years of age selected from schools and classrooms to which the investigators had easy access.ResultsThe final ICAST C Home has 38 items and the ICAST C Institution has 44 items. These items serve as screeners and positive endorsements are followed by queries for frequency and perpetrator. Half of respondents were boys (49%). Endorsement for various forms of victimization ranged from 0 to 51%. Many children report violence exposure (51%), physical victimization (55%), psychological victimization (66%), sexual victimization (18%), and neglect in their homes (37%) in the last year. High rates of physical victimization (57%), psychological victimization (59%), and sexual victimization (22%) were also reported in schools in the last year. Internal consistency was moderate to high (alpha between .685 and .855) and missing data low (less than 1.5% for all but one item).ConclusionsIn pilot testing, the ICAST C identifies high rates of child victimization in all domains. Rates of missing data are low, and internal consistency is moderate to high. Pilot testing demonstrated the feasibility of using child self-report as one strategy to assess child victimization.Practice implicationsThe ICAST C is a multi-national, multi-lingual, consensus-based survey instrument. It is available in six languages for international research to estimate child victimization. Assessing the prevalence of child victimization is critical in understanding the scope of the problem, setting national and local priorities, and garnering support for program and policy development aimed at child protection. |
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