The Protective Factors Survey, 2nd Edition: Establishing validity and reliability of a self-report measure of protective factors against child maltreatment

Jessica Sprague-Jones, Pallavi Singh, Mallory Rousseau, Jacqueline Counts and Casandra Firman

Children and Youth Services Review, 2020, vol. 111, issue C

Abstract: The Protective Factors Survey, 2nd Edition (PFS-2) is designed to support the evaluation of child maltreatment prevention programs. It measures four protective factors thought to be critical in the prevention of abuse and neglect: Family Functioning/Resilience, Nurturing and Attachment, Social Supports, and Concrete Supports. It also measures a fifth component, the Caregiver/Practitioner Relationship, to assess the respondent’s engagement with the program or service being evaluated. In this study, we describe a national field test collecting PFS-2 data across 60 individual program sites in seven states (N = 826). The results from this study indicate that the PFS-2 is a valid, reliable, and stable measure. Implications for the child maltreatment prevention field are discussed.

Keywords: Child maltreatment prevention; Protective Factors Survey; Survey validation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.104868

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