Creating and field-testing diagnostic criteria for partner and child maltreatment

Richard E. Heyman; Amy M.Smith Slep

doi:10.1037/0893-3200.20.3.397

Creating and field-testing diagnostic criteria for partner and child maltreatment

Richard E. Heyman, Amy M.Smith Slep

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Abstract

An integrated set of diagnostic criteria for partner abuse and child abuse and neglect were developed and tested in 4 studies conducted with a branch of America's largest family maltreatment protection agency (i.e., the U.S. military's Family Advocacy Program). Maltreatment criteria then in force were found to have adequate levels of content validity, but experts' and users' feedback indicated ambiguities and poorly specified criteria that undermined reliable application. Criteria incorporating elements of the best existing civilian and military operationalizations were developed and evaluated in two field trials. The final definitions were found to support very high levels of agreement (92%) between base adjudicating committees and master reviewers.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	397-408
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Family Psychology
Volume	20
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/0893-3200.20.3.397
State	Published - Sep 2006

Keywords

Child maltreatment
Definitions
Partner abuse
Substantiation

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General Psychology

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