Citation

Kimelman M, Nunez C, Hernández G, Castillo N, Paez J, Bustos S, Montino O. Rev. Med. Chile 1995; 123(6): 707-712.

Vernacular Title

Construccion y evaluacion de pauta de medicion de riesgo relacional madre-recien

Affiliation

Departamento de Salud Mental y Psiquiatría, Facultad de Medicina (Campus Sur), Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Sociedad Medica De Santiago)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8525223

Abstract

The purpose of this work was to construct and assess a scale aimed to detect risky relationships between mothers and newborns that could predict future child abuse and neglect. The instrument was applied in two opportunities, by a trained midwife and by an expert in mental health, to a sample of 106 mother-newborn dyads. When both assessments were compared, the concordance to assess relationship risk was 99.3%. The reliability of the scale, measured with the Crombach, an internal consistence index, was 0.88. Those items with a low discriminative capacity were eliminated. The massive use of the resultant scale, that is easy to apply and highly reliable, could help to prevent child abuse and neglect.

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