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Gepubliceerd in: Child Psychiatry & Human Development 6/2021

01-11-2020 | Original Article

Development and Validation of the Current Experiences of Warmth and Safeness Scale in Community and Residential Care Adolescents

Auteurs: Laura Santos, M.D., Rúben Sousa, M.D., Maria do Rosário Pinheiro, Ph.D., Daniel Rijo, Ph.D.

Gepubliceerd in: Child Psychiatry & Human Development | Uitgave 6/2021

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Abstract

Interpersonal experiences of warmth and safeness have a key role on emotion regulation and social development during childhood and adolescence. This paper presents a new and brief scale designed to assess the adolescents’ perception of current experiences of warmth and safeness (CEWSS-A). Its dimensionality and psychometric properties were investigated using a Portuguese sample of 453 adolescents from the community and 319 adolescents from residential care facilities. A confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the 12-item scale has a one-factor measurement model. The CEWSS-A showed adequate internal consistency in the different samples (α > .92) and construct validity in relation to external variables. The CEWSS-A proved to be group invariant. Community adolescents reported a higher frequency of current experiences of warmth and safeness in comparison with residential care participants, and boys showed significantly higher scores than girls, within both samples. The CEWSS-A is an appropriate self-report measure for clinical and research purposes.
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Portuguese residential care homes (RCH) may vary in the number of children and youngsters fostered and may be mixed or segregated by gender. Most of the placements (89%) are due to history of maltreatment (neglect and psychological, physical and sexual abuse), and the remaining are related with abandonment by caregivers or the lack of family support [32]. Each RCH has a technical team (e.g. board members, psychologists, social workers), and education/support staff (e.g. educators, educational assistants).
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
Development and Validation of the Current Experiences of Warmth and Safeness Scale in Community and Residential Care Adolescents
Auteurs
Laura Santos, M.D.
Rúben Sousa, M.D.
Maria do Rosário Pinheiro, Ph.D.
Daniel Rijo, Ph.D.
Publicatiedatum
01-11-2020
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Child Psychiatry & Human Development / Uitgave 6/2021
Print ISSN: 0009-398X
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3327
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-020-01090-6

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