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Are juveniles who have committed sexual offenses the same everywhere? Psychometric properties of the juvenile sex offender assessment protocol–II in a portuguese youth sample / Pedro Pechorro...[et.al.]

Autor: PECHORRO, Pedro ; GONÇALVES, Rui Abrunhosa, -Co-autor: BARROSO, Ricardo ; RAMIÃO, Eduarda; FIGUEIREDO, Patrícia ; MANITA , Celina; NOBRE, Pedro Idioma: Inglês.Publicação: [S.l.] : SAGE, 2019Descrição física: 20 p.; 30 cm em PDFAssunto: 705 | 6238 | 105042 | 5077 | 5100 | 511 | 689 | 279Localização e Cota : 159.9PEC Resumo: Over the last decade, we have witnessed consistent advances in risk assessment procedures, namely the validation of those used with juveniles who have committed sexual offenses. The adaptation of these instruments into other languages requires research examining the conceptual and metric equivalence of the instruments, not just translation equivalence. Informed by data from 141 boys, aged 13 to 18, the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Juvenile Sex Offender Assessment Protocol–II (J-SOAP-II), regarding reliability and construct validation, are presented and discussed. Factor structure, internal consistency, and interrater reliability were examined, and a reliable factorial structure that was consistent with the original validation of the J-SOAP was found. Scales 2 and 3 had good internal consistency, and Scale 1 had acceptable internal consistency. Results regardingconcurrent validity revealed mostly statistically significant correlations. The implications of this research for juvenile sex offender risk assessments are discussed.
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Over the last decade, we have witnessed consistent advances in risk assessment procedures, namely the validation of those used with juveniles who have committed sexual offenses. The adaptation of these instruments into other languages requires research examining the conceptual and metric equivalence of the instruments, not just translation equivalence. Informed by data from 141 boys, aged 13 to 18, the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Juvenile Sex Offender Assessment Protocol–II (J-SOAP-II), regarding reliability and construct validation, are presented and discussed. Factor structure, internal consistency, and interrater reliability were examined, and a reliable factorial structure that was consistent with the original validation of the J-SOAP was found. Scales 2 and 3 had good internal consistency, and Scale 1 had acceptable internal consistency. Results regardingconcurrent validity revealed mostly statistically significant correlations. The implications of this research for juvenile sex offender risk assessments are discussed.

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