在社区青少年样本中评估暴力风险查工具的功能和心理测量特性
Eric J Sigel1, Amanda Ladika2, Sabrina Arredondo Mattson2
1University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Aggressive behavior
|January 25, 2024
概括
暴力伤害预防和风险屏幕 (VIPRS) 有效地识别了面临暴力预防计划风险的年轻人. 这种经过验证的工具在社区环境中显示出强大的预测准确性.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
背景情况:
- 青少年暴力仍然是一个重要的公共卫生问题.
- 现有的基于证据的计划缺乏客观的工具来识别处于危险的年轻人.
- 预测严重暴力行为的查工具很少.
研究的目的:
- 在社区样本中评估暴力伤害预防和风险屏幕 (VIPRS) 的心理测量属性.
- 评估VIPRS在医疗保健以外的各种环境中的实用性.
- 验证VIPRS用于识别需要暴力预防服务的年轻人.
主要方法:
- 这项研究涉及1100名10-17岁的年轻人,他们参加了社区暴力预防计划.
- 数据是通过研究人员管理的口头调查收集的.
- 用风险因素,暴力和犯罪率等级来评估心理特征.
主要成果:
- 20%的青少年在VIPRS检查中呈阳性,男性的比例更高.
- 与暴力相关的行为包括身体战斗 (33%) 和网络欺凌 (27%).
- 该VIPRS证明了强大的标准有效性 (相关性为0.3-0.6) 并预测了身体攻击性 (OR:7).
结论:
- 在社区样本中,VIPRS表现良好,证实了其心理测量功能.
- VIPRS是一个有价值的工具,用于识别暴力风险的年轻人.
- 结果支持VIPRS在多个环境中用于预防青少年暴力的使用.
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