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17696674

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-8-16
pubmed:abstractText
Children's exposure to violence is often found to be an important predictor of child outcomes. The measures most frequently used to assess it have not been systematically examined, and there is little consensus about how to use these measures. This study examined a version of the Things I Have Seen and Heard Scale in a sample of 784 children who completed the scale at both age 6 and 8. There was only modest support for the use of the scale as a set of single-item measures or as a simple sum of items. Exploratory factor analyses suggested that the scale consisted of two factors: a global/community violence scale and a home violence scale. The evidence for validity of the scales was stronger at age 8 than at age 6. These findings suggest that there may be some limits to the utility of self-reports of violence exposure in very young children. However, there is initial evidence that the global/community scale is a reliable and valid indicator of young children's exposure to violence. Further use and exploration of the subscales is warranted.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0002-9432
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
((c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved).
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
77
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
454-66
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Children's self-report about violence exposure: an examination of the Things I Have Seen and Heard Scale.
pubmed:affiliation
Juvenile Protective Association, 1333 N. Kingsbury, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. rthompson@juvenile.org
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't