University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Department of Psychology, PO Box 26170, Greensboro, NC 27402-6170, USA.
Child Abuse Negl. 2011 Mar;35(3):199-209. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2010.12.004. Epub 2011 Apr 8.
The present investigation reports on the development and initial validation of a new analog task, the Parent-Child Aggression Acceptability Movie Task (P-CAAM), intended to assess respondents' acceptance of parent-child aggression, including both physical discipline and physical abuse.
Two independent samples were utilized to develop and evaluate the P-CAAM: an undergraduate sample to initially pilot the task and a separate sample of normative parents for additional assessment of validity. Scores from the P-CAAM were compared to related measures, including measures of self-reported disciplinary attitudes, child abuse potential, harsh parenting style, and use and escalation of physical discipline practices on another analog parenting task.
Across the studies, the P-CAAM demonstrated acceptable internal consistency and construct validity, evidencing mild to moderate associations with both self-report and analog measures. Participants demonstrating increased acceptance of physical discipline and physical abuse on the P-CAAM analog task also reported greater approval of physical discipline, greater use of and escalation of physical discipline, harsher parenting styles, and higher child abuse potential on two separate measures.
The P-CAAM analog appears to offer a promising alternative and/or supplement to conventional self-report measures, assessing attitudes regarding the acceptability of parent-child aggression in a way that is less likely to be influenced by social desirability. Suggestions for future evaluations with alternative samples, as well as possible implications of the data for disciplinary reactions are discussed.
The development of alternatives to self-report measurement may lead to clarification of theoretical models of abuse in ways that lead to improvements in intervention programming; analogs may also provide a useful means to assess intervention programming outcomes.
本研究报告了一种新的模拟任务——亲子攻击可接受性电影任务（P-CAAM）的开发和初步验证，旨在评估受访者对亲子攻击的接受程度，包括身体纪律和身体虐待。
使用两个独立的样本开发和评估 P-CAAM：一个本科生样本用于初步试用任务，另一个正常父母样本用于进一步评估有效性。将 P-CAAM 的分数与相关测量指标进行比较，包括自我报告的纪律态度、儿童虐待倾向、严厉的育儿风格以及在另一个模拟育儿任务中使用和升级身体纪律实践的测量指标。
在两项研究中，P-CAAM 表现出可接受的内部一致性和结构有效性，与自我报告和模拟测量指标均表现出轻度至中度关联。在 P-CAAM 模拟任务中表现出对身体纪律和身体虐待更高接受度的参与者也报告了对身体纪律的更大认可、更多地使用和升级身体纪律、更严厉的育儿风格以及在两个单独的测量指标上更高的儿童虐待倾向。
P-CAAM 模拟似乎提供了一种有前途的替代方法和/或补充传统的自我报告测量方法，以一种不太可能受到社会期望影响的方式评估亲子攻击的可接受性态度。讨论了对替代样本进行未来评估的建议，以及数据对纪律反应的可能影响。
替代自我报告测量的开发可能会以改善干预计划的方式澄清虐待的理论模型；模拟也可能是评估干预计划结果的有用手段。
