A psychometric study of items predicting decisions on allegations of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation /
Elder abuse is a growing nationwide problem that is only recently beginning to garner national attention. Addressing the problem will take many types of resources from several fields, including social services, mental health, research, health care, and law enforcement. One of the primary difficult...
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | Elder abuse is a growing nationwide problem that is only recently beginning to garner national attention. Addressing the problem will take many types of resources from several fields, including social services, mental health, research, health care, and law enforcement. One of the primary difficulties in addressing the problem at this time is a lack of standardized screening and assessment instruments. This study examined the psychometric properties of items from three screening instruments--the Hwalek-Sengstock Elder Abuse Screening Test (H-S/EAST; Neale, Hwalek, Scott, Sengstock, & Stahl, 1991), a revision of the H-S/EAST (Schofield, Reynolds, Mishra, Powers, & Dobson, 2002), and the Indicators of Abuse (IOA) screen (Reis & Nahmiash, 1998). Results indicated that, with this study sample, none of these instruments effectively predicted abuse investigation outcome with both good sensitivity and specificity. However, when using a combination of items from the instruments and from other client information gathered, two models were found to predict outcome in 77.9 percent and 79.5 percent of the cases in this study. |
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| Item Description: | Vita. "Major Subject: Counseling Psychology". |
| Physical Description: | ix, 70 leaves ; 28 cm. Issued also on microfiche from University Microfilm Inc. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 60-65). |