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Convergent validity of the child abuse potential inventory
Author(s) -
Milner Joel S.,
Charlesworth John R.,
Gold Ruth G.,
Gold Steven R.,
Friesen Merle R.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198803)44:2<281::aid-jclp2270440232>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - psychology , convergent validity , clinical psychology , psychological distress , test validity , incremental validity , child abuse , psychological abuse , distress , predictive validity , psychometrics , scale (ratio) , mental health , poison control , injury prevention , psychiatry , medicine , medical emergency , physics , quantum mechanics , internal consistency
The convergent validity of the Child Abuse Potential Inventory (CAP) was investigated ( N = 254). Because the CAP was designed to measure elements of individual pathology and interactional problems related to physical child abuse, it was predicted that CAP scores would be related to a measure of psychological status, the Mental Health Index (MHI). Specifically, it was predicted that the CAP would be correlated positively with MHI measures of psychological distress and, to a lesser degree, correlated inversely with MHI measures of psychological well‐being. Because the CAP measures variables predictive of abusive behavior, a substantial relationship was expected between the CAP and the MHI Loss of Behavioral/Emotional Control scale. All hypotheses were supported.