Recantation in child sexual abuse

construction and evidence of content validity of a screening instrument

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2024.1.41260

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child sexual abuse, recantation, screening instrument, content validity

Abstract

Recantation after disclosure of child sexual abuse (CSA) corresponds to the child denying of a previous disclosure. This study aimed to build and validate an instrument for screening recantation risk factors. In Step 1, the instrument items were elaborated from the integration of factors identified through literature review, interviews with professionals and analysis of criminal cases of CSA. In Step 2, the first version of the instrument was submitted to content validation by eight experts, obtaining a satisfactory Content Validity Index (CVI) (> 0.80). The preliminary version of the Screening Instrument for the Risk of Recantation after Disclosure of Child Sexual Abuse is composed of 27 items, which reflect representativeness of content, theoretical adequacy, and relevance. Future studies should be carried out on the predictive validity and reliability of the IRASC.

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Pedro Augusto Dias Baía, Court of Justice of the State of Pará (TJEPA), State Coordination for Children and Youth (CEIJ), Belém, Pará.

PhD in Forensic Psychology from the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Coimbra (UC), in Coimbra, Portugal; Master in Behavioral Theory and Research from the Federal University of Pará (UFPA), in Belém, PA, Brazil; specialist in Legal Psychology from the Federal Council of Psychology, Brazil. Judicial Analyst/Psychologist at the State Coordination of Childhood and Youth at the Court of Justice of the State of Pará (TJEPA), in Belém, PA, Brazil.

Débora Dalbosco Dell'Aglio, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.

Retired professor of PPG in Psychology at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), in Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.

Isabel Maria Marques Alberto, University of Coimbra (UC), Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences (FPCEUC), Coimbra, Portugal.

PhD in Psychology. Assistant Professor at the University of Coimbra (UC), Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences (FPCEUC), in Coimbra, Portugal. Professor, responsible for consultancy advice to the CPSC courts at FPCEUC.

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2024-10-15

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Dias Baía, P. A., Dalbosco Dell’Aglio, D., & Marques Alberto, I. M. (2024). Recantation in child sexual abuse: construction and evidence of content validity of a screening instrument. Psico, 55(1), e41260. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2024.1.41260

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