Reliability of the Sexual Knowledge Picture Instrument: a potential diagnostic instrument for sexual abuse in young children.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the intra-rater and inter-rater reliability of the Sexual Knowledge Picture Instrument (SKPI), a potential diagnostic instrument for young suspected victims of sexual abuse containing three scoring forms, that is, verbal responses, non-verbal reactions and red flags.

Design

Video-recorded SKPI interviews with children with and without suspicion of child sexual abuse were observed and scored by two trained, independent raters. The second rater repeated the assessment 6 weeks after initial rating to evaluate for intra-rater reliability.

Subjects

78 children aged 3-9 years old were included in the study. 39 of those included had known suspicion of sexual abuse and the other 39 had no suspicion.

Main outcome measures

Intra-rater and inter-rat

SUBMITTER: van Ham K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9280880 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature