Child Maltreatment Form (Adapted Ontario Health Supplement questionnaire (MacMillan et al., 1997)
Abuse experiences, including sexual abuse, in children; Ages 13-20
- Populations: Adolescents, Young Adults
- Age ranges: 13-20
- Languages: English
- Countries: Canada
Items
Subscales
- Sexual Maltreatment,
- Witnessing Domestic Violence,
- Physical Maltreatment,
- Emotional Maltreatment,
Item Stem
“When you were growing up, how often did any adult (18 years or older) do any of the things to you?”
Scoring
Not reported
Citations
- WEKERLE, C., WOLFE, D. A., HAWKINS, D. L., PITTMAN, A., GLICKMAN, A., & LOVALD, B. E. (2001). Childhood maltreatment, posttraumatic stress symptomatology, and adolescent dating violence: Considering the value of adolescent perceptions of abuse and a trauma mediational model. Development and Psychopathology, 13(4), 847-871. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579401004060
- MacMillan, H. L., Fleming, J. E., Trocmé, N., Boyle, M. H., Wong, M., Racine, Y. A., Beardslee, W. R., & Offord, D. R. (1997). Prevalence of child physical and sexual abuse in the community: Results from the ontario health supplement. JAMA : The Journal of the American Medical Association, 278(2), 131-135. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1997.03550020063039
Scoring breakdown
Measure development
- Significant design input from young people
- Cognitive interviews with young people
- Expert input
Validity
- Unknown: Face validity
- Green: Convergent validity
- Unknown: Construct validity
Reliability
- Unknown: Internal consistency
- Unknown: Test-retest
Ease of use
- Unknown: Readability
Definitions
Face validity: How well a measure appears to represent the construct it is supposed to be measuring.
Convergent validity: How well a measure correlates with other hypothetically-related measures.
Construct validity: The extent to which a measure reflects the construct it was designed to evaluate.
Internal consistency: The extent to which items in a scale capture aspects of the same construct.
Test-retest: The degree to which measurement scores are consistent over a short period of time (usually 2 weeks).
Readability: The ease with which a reader can understand the questionnaire items.
Key
- Green: Meets validation criteria
- Red: Does not meet validation criteria
- Unknown: Evidence not available
