@article{ref1,
title="Teachers' attitudes toward reporting child sexual abuse: problems with existing research leading to new scale development",
journal="Journal of child sexual abuse",
year="2010",
author="Walsh, Kerryann and Rassafiani, Mehdi and Mathews, Ben and Farrell, Ann and Butler, D.",
volume="19",
number="3",
pages="310-336",
abstract="This paper details a systematic literature review identifying problems in extant research relating to teachers' attitudes toward reporting child sexual abuse and offers a model for new attitude scale development and testing. Scale development comprised a five-phase process grounded in contemporary attitude theories, including (a) developing the initial item pool, (b) conducting a panel review, (c) refining the scale via an expert focus group, (d) building content validity through cognitive interviews, and (e) assessing internal consistency via field testing. The resulting 21-item scale displayed construct validity in preliminary testing. The scale may prove useful as a research tool, given the theoretical supposition that attitudes may be changed with time, context, experience, and education. Further investigation with a larger sample is warranted.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1053-8712",
doi="10.1080/10538711003781392",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10538711003781392"
}