在一般的校正样本中扩展风险和可治疗性短期评估 (START) 的因子结构和构造有效性
Haomin Ivy Chen1, Bryanna Fox2, Edelyn Verona1
1Department of Psychology, University of South Florida.
Psychological assessment
|August 14, 2025
概括
短期风险和可治疗性评估 (START) 显示了监禁人员多维性的初步证据. 这有助于将惩戒服务量身定制为个人风险和需要更好的再入境结果.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
- 法医心理学 法医心理学
背景情况:
- 有效的惩戒再入和重犯计划需要与个人风险和需求相匹配的服务.
- 风险和可治疗性的短期评估 (START) 是为了评估暴力风险,优势和治疗目标而开发的.
- 在一般的惩戒机构中,需要对START进行进一步的心理测量评估.
研究的目的:
- 探索START强项和弱点项目中的因素结构.
- 在被监禁的人群中评估这些因素的可靠性和构建有效性.
- 为START在惩教实践中的实用性提供实证.
主要方法:
- 利用美国县监狱605名囚犯的数据进行探索性和确认性因子分析.
- 单独检查了START优势和弱点项目中的因素结构.
- 通过将START因子得分与外部标准 (心理健康,犯罪风险,资源,态度) 相关联来测试构造有效性.
主要成果:
- 探索性因素分析确定了强项和弱点的四个因素:福祉,外部化,个人资源和对变化的开放性.
- 确认因素分析支持这些多维结构,而不是单维模型.
- 发现了对收和判别有效性的部分支持,与理论上一致的标准有意义的相关性.
结论:
- 初步证据表明,当用于监禁人员时,START是多维的.
- 这些发现支持根据START评估量身定制纠正干预的潜力.
- 需要进一步的研究来复制因素并确认实际应用的预测有效性.
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