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Validation of the Questionnaire on Emotional Abuse

Sena PUHOVSKI
Ana KARLOVIĆ
Gordana BULJAN FLANDER

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The purpose of this research was to investigate the metric
characteristics of an instrument which could be useful first
and foremost for determining the prevalence (as well as in
diagnostic procedures) of emotional abuse – Questionnaire
on Emotional Abuse. The aim was, also based on this
questionnaire, to assess the prevalence of emotional abuse
on a sample of children in the area of Zagreb. The
emotional abuse of children in this research is defined with
precise behavioural items which include parental behaviour
such as neglect, humiliation, mockery, exploitation, disregard
of emotional needs and threats towards children. The
Questionnaire on Emotional Abuse was constructed based
on the translated questionnaire Children's Perception of
Parental Verbal Aggression (Solomon, Serres, 1999)
and was applied on 373 examinees (4th grade pupils of
elementary school). Discriminative analysis of items was
carried out on the results obtained as well as the analysis of
the main components. The coefficient of reliability for the
obtained scale is a = 0,863. By means of factor analysis of
the results obtained five factors were identified. The
assessment of the prevalence of this phenomenon indicates
that according to the criteria used in this research 30,7% of
children experienced parental behaviour which can be
considered as emotional abuse. The practical implications of
these results were analysed as well as the possible
application of this instrument in scientific procedures and
clinical practice.

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Hrčak ID:

16174

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/16174

Datum izdavanja:

30.6.2004.

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