| NCJ Number: |
204158   |
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| Title: |
Child Maltreatment Log: A Computer-Based Program for Describing Research Samples |
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| Journal: |
Child Maltreatment Volume:9 Issue:1 Dated:February 2004 Pages:30-48 |
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| Author(s): |
Kathleen J. Sternberg; John F. Knutson; Michael E. Lamb; Laila P. Baradaran; Catherine M. Nolan; Sally Flanzer |
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| Date Published: |
February 2004 |
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| Page Count: |
19 |
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| Sponsoring Agency: |
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Bethesda, MD 20892-2425
National Institute of Mental Health
Bethesda, MD 20852
US Dept of Health and Human Services
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| Grant Number: |
MH61731 |
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| Publisher: |
http://www.sagepub.com |
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| Type: |
Measurement/Evaluation Device |
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| Format: |
Article |
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| Language: |
English |
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| Country: |
United States of America |
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| Annotation: |
After reviewing some of the material and issues considered by
those who participated in the meetings that led to the
development of the Child Maltreatment Log (CML), this paper
describes the CML itself and some facets of its development.
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| Abstract: |
The authors first explain how the failure to provide a clear and
consistent description of maltreated children's experiences has significantly affected the quality of research on maltreatment.
The paper then reviews the strengths and weaknesses of several
procedures being used to describe children and types of maltreatment they have experienced. This is followed by a description of how the CML can be used to collect information on children's maltreatment experiences as well as other co-occurring events. The conceptual development of the CML is then described, along with how it can be used to improve the quality of information on maltreated children and their families. The CML is a computer-based program that guides researchers in collecting information from multiple sources and informants concerning children's maltreatment experiences. Rather than classifying
types of maltreatment a priori, the CML encourages researchers to
describe children's experiences by using objective descriptors
that pertain to potential acts of abuse, potential perpetrators,
frequency, onset, consequential injuries, and treatment. To
improve scorer objectivity regarding the information collected,
separate scales collect information about perpetrators, actions
or omitted actions, frequency of actions, injuries, treatment
sources of information, and informants. The data entry format
permits the creation of a database that affords the greatest possible freedom to researchers in creating higher order constructs empirically. 5 tables and 106 references
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| Main Term(s): |
Juvenile victims |
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| Index Term(s): |
Child abuse; Computer aided operations; Data collection devices; Research methods |
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