Cumulative psychosocial risk and early child development: validation and use of the Childhood Psychosocial Adversity Scale in global health research.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence suggests that cumulative early psychosocial adversity can influence early child development (ECD). The Childhood Psychosocial Adversity Scale (CPAS) is a novel measure of cumulative risk designed for use in global ECD research. We describe its development and assess validity from its first application in Bangladesh, where it predicts cognitive development scores among young children.

Methods

Items were generated from literature review and qualitatively assessed for local relevance. Two-hundred and eighty-five mother-child dyads from an urban slum of Dhaka completed the CPAS at child ages 18, 24, 48, and/or 60 months. The CPAS was assessed for internal consistency, retest reliability, and convergent, incremental, and predictive validity.

Results

The

SUBMITTER: Berens AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6859196 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature