1 Abel Screening Inc., Atlanta, GA, USA.
2 Child Molestation Research and Prevention Institute, Inc., Alameda, CA, USA.
Sex Abuse. 2019 Sep;31(6):662-683. doi: 10.1177/1079063218793634. Epub 2018 Aug 16.
Approximately 10% of children and adolescents are sexually abused by adults caring for them outside the home. The current study tested the validity and reliability of a child protection screen to identify job applicants who pose a sexual risk to children. The screen uses three separate measures. In combination, they attempt to identify two types of sexually problematic job applicants: hidden abusers and people with cognitive distortions that encourage child sexual boundary violations by themselves or tolerate them by others. The high specificity (97.8% for males and 98.7% for females) favored the high number of job applicants and volunteers who have not crossed sexual boundaries with children. The study included over 19,000 participants, and the screen correctly identified 77% of the men and over 72% of the women who posed a sexual risk. The test-retest correlation was statistically significant at (121) = .83, and the screening methodology is valid and reliable. By identifying most of the job applicants who are hiding their history of sexually abusing a child or hiding their belief that adult-child sex causes no harm from the organizations they are attempting to join, this new preemployment screen methodology can help child-centered organizations protect children and adolescents in their care.
大约 10%的儿童和青少年受到照顾他们的家庭以外的成年人的性虐待。本研究测试了一种儿童保护筛查的有效性和可靠性，以识别对儿童构成性风险的求职者。该筛查使用了三种独立的措施。它们结合起来试图识别两种有问题的性求职者：隐藏的滥用者和有认知扭曲的人，这些人自己鼓励儿童性边界的侵犯，或者容忍他人的侵犯。高特异性（男性为 97.8%，女性为 98.7%）有利于大量没有与儿童发生过性越界行为的求职者和志愿者。该研究包括 19000 多名参与者，该筛查正确识别出 77%的男性和超过 72%的女性求职者存在性风险。测试-再测试的相关性在（121）=.83 时具有统计学意义，且筛查方法是有效和可靠的。通过识别出大多数试图加入组织的求职者，他们要么隐藏自己曾经虐待儿童的历史，要么隐藏自己认为成人与儿童发生性关系不会造成伤害的信念，这种新的就业前筛查方法可以帮助以儿童为中心的组织保护他们照顾的儿童和青少年。
