Psychometric properties of assisted maltreatment inventory

Jafari, Hasan; Mohamadpour, Samaneh; Ghadampoor, EzatAllah; Ghbadian, Moslem

doi:10.22054/jem.2019.27009.1651

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ Department of Educational Science, Farhangian University

² PhD student in Clinical Psychology, Department of clinical psychology, Faculty of Psychology & Education Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

³ professor

⁴ farhangian

https://doi.org/10.22054/jem.2019.27009.1651

Abstract

Diagnosing and assessing of psychological maltreatment is a critical and difficult process in clinical and educational psychology, because this phenomenon has numerous negative behavioral and psychological consequences on victims. The aim of present study was investigate psychometric properties of psychological maltreatment inventor. This research was a cross-sectional descriptive study. In this study, 300 patients with major depression disorder attending to Sediq Psychiatry Center in Lorestan Province were selected by convenience sampling in November to February 2013. Data was collected using a demographic questionnaire, Psychological maltreatment Inventory (AMI-24) and child abuse self-report scale. Confirmatory factor analysis in principal component method was used for data analysis. The results showed that psychological maltreatment inventor has sufficiently reliability and validity. Also, factor analysis showed that 23 items and 5 factors were best question for assessing psychological maltreatment. Thus, Considering that psychological maltreatment inventor is an appropriate instrument for assessing and measuring psychological maltreatment during childhood are recommended using of this inventory for epidemiological research on psychological maltreatment during childhood and clinical screening.

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Psychometric properties of assisted maltreatment inventory

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Volume 9, Issue 32
July 2018
Pages 127-141

Psychometric properties of assisted maltreatment inventory

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Volume 9, Issue 32July 2018Pages 127-141

Volume 9, Issue 32
July 2018
Pages 127-141