Development and Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Community Norms of Child Neglect Scale

This article describes the development of the Community Norms of Child Neglect Scale (CNCNS), a new measure of perceptions of child neglect, for use in community samples. The CNCNS differentiates among four subtypes of neglect (failure to provide for basic needs, lack of supervision, emotional negle...

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Published in:Child maltreatment 2007-02, Vol.12 (1), p.68-85
Main Authors: Goodvin, Rebecca, Johnson, David R., Hardy, Sam A., Graef, Michelle I., Chambers, Jeff M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Basic needs
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child abuse & neglect
Child Abuse - legislation & jurisprudence
Child Neglect
Children
Community Mental Health Services - legislation & jurisprudence
Community Mental Health Services - standards
Community Relations
Confirmatory factor analysis
Discriminant analysis
Factor Analysis
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Female
Health Services Needs and Demand
Humans
Male
Measurement
Measures
Medical sciences
Norms
Perceptions
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Reliability
Rural areas
Rural communities
Rural Population
Seriousness
Subtypes
Supervision
Surveys and Questionnaires
Techniques and methods
United States
Urban Population
Validity
Victimology
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Summary:This article describes the development of the Community Norms of Child Neglect Scale (CNCNS), a new measure of perceptions of child neglect, for use in community samples. The CNCNS differentiates among four subtypes of neglect (failure to provide for basic needs, lack of supervision, emotional neglect, and educational neglect). Scenarios ranging in seriousness for each subtype were presented to a large community sample (N = 3,809). Confirmatory factor analyses indicated that a four-factor model provided a better fit to the data than did a model specifying only one overall neglect factor, suggesting this sample distinguished among the four subtypes of neglect. The authors tested measurement equivalence across individuals who work with children and lay community respondents and across rural and urban respondents, with results indicating a very similar structure across these groups. These initial reliability and validity data suggest that the CNCNS may be of use in comparing perceptions of child neglect among individuals and across communities.
ISSN:1077-5595
1552-6119
DOI:10.1177/1077559506296667