Assessment of the needs of youth in residential care: Development and validation of an instrument

Maria Manuela Calheiros, Diniz Lopes and Joana Nunes Patrício

Children and Youth Services Review, 2011, vol. 33, issue 10, 1930-1938

Abstract: This article presents the development of a Residential Care Youth Needs Assessment (RCYNA) instrument. In two studies, initial evidence regarding the RCYNA psychometric properties was obtained using a sample of youth in residential care. Results show adequate levels of content and face validity, reliability and concurrent validity.

Keywords: Needs; assessment; Residential; care; Development; of; a; measuring; instrument (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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