Development and initial psychometric properties of the Computer Assisted Maltreatment Inventory (CAMI): A comprehensive self-report measure of child maltreatment history

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 305-317

  DiLillo, David ^a   Hayes Skelton, Sarah A ^a   Fortier, Michelle A ^a   Perry, Andrea R ^a   Evans, Sarah E ^a   Messman Moore, Terri L ^b   Walsh, Kate ^a   Nash, Cindy ^a   Fauchier, Angèle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Child abuse; Child maltreatment; Neglect; Physical abuse; Psychological abuse; Retrospective; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED MALTREATMENT INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952583565     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2009.09.015     Document Type: Article

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