@article{ref1,
title="Development and validation of a shortened version of the Child Abuse Self Report Scale (CASRS-12) in the Arabic language",
journal="Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health",
year="2022",
author="Fekih-Romdhane, Feten and Dabbous, Mariam and Hallit, Rabih and Malaeb, Diana and Sawma, Toni and Obeid, Sahar and Hallit, Souheil",
volume="16",
number="1",
pages="e100-e100",
abstract="BACKGROUND: All available scales to screen for child abuse may be challenging to administer due to their length. Indeed, a higher number of items is associated with more administration time and less motivation to engage in responding. We aimed through this study to examine the psychometric properties of a brief Arabic version of the Child Abuse Self Report Scale (CASRS-12) in terms of factorial structure, internal consistency, divergent validity, and correlations with measures of bullying victimization, eating attitudes and perceived social support. <br><br>METHODS: We performed a cross-sectional, web-based study among Community Lebanese adolescents; where two samples have been used (Sample 1: N = 852, aged 15.34 ± 1.18 years, 54.8% females; Sample 2: N = 404, aged 16.60 ± 1.51 years, 57.2% females). The construct validity was tested using both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. <br><br>RESULTS: Results revealed that both EFA and CFA yielded a four-factor structure for the CASRS-12 that mirrors the original four factors captured by the original CASRS. The scale also showed a good internal consistency as evidenced through McDonald's ω values ranging from 0.87 to 0.93 for the four subscales; and configural, metric, and scalar invariance across gender. Finally, we found that all CASRS-12 dimensions were significantly and positively correlated with more inappropriate eating attitudes and lower social support; and that psychological, physical, and sexual abuse correlated with higher bullying victimization CONCLUSION: In light of these findings, we potentially encourage clinicians and researchers to use this scale as a valid and reliable measure of child abuse among Arabic-speaking populations.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1753-2000",
doi="10.1186/s13034-022-00533-3",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13034-022-00533-3"
}