Design and validation of an instrument for the study of exposure to violence in boys and girls
Keywords:
exposure to violence, violence against boys and girls, victims of violence, construction and validation of an instrument on violenceAbstract
Introduction: Violence has become a public health problem worldwide and Cuba is not exempt, there are few studies without exploring the associated variables. In Cuba, there are no validated instruments available to explore violence in its different scenarios and types of violence in children based on their exposure to it. The objective was to design and validate an instrument for the identification of exposure to violence in children.
Methods: Technology development research, 480 sixth grade students from 11 to 13 years old participated who answered the questionnaire in test-retest mode with 30 days between them. The content validity was evaluated by a group of experts using the criteria of Moriyama; construct by confirmatory factor analysis; internal consistency by Cronbach's alpha coefficient and temporal stability by Wilcoxon signed rank mean comparison test and associated p.
Results: Instrument validated for the study of exposure to violence as victims and observers of violence with the dimensions: physical violence, psychological violence, sexual violence and violence due to negligence and abandonment at home, school and community. All items met Moriyama's criteria, the construct structure was justified. The dimensions achieved acceptable to good coefficients of internal consistency (0,60 <= α < = 0.82), temporal stability was met (p > 0.05). The conclusions were that the instrument designed and validated to explore the exposure to violence as a victim and observers in the home, school and community scenarios in the variables; physical, psychological, sexual and negligence violence met its objectives for which it was designed.
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