Societal Factors Impacting Child Welfare: Validating the Perceptions of Child Welfare Scale

Autor/inn/en	Auerbach, Charles; Zeitlin, Wendy; Augsberger, Astraea; McGowan, Brenda G.; Claiborne, Nancy; Lawrence, Catherine K.
Titel	Societal Factors Impacting Child Welfare: Validating the Perceptions of Child Welfare Scale
Quelle	In: Research on Social Work Practice, 25 (2015) 3, S.305-312 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1049-7315
DOI	10.1177/1049731514530001
Schlagwörter	Child Welfare; Psychometrics; Measures (Individuals); Social Work; Caseworkers; Factor Analysis; Predictor Variables; Validity; Construct Validity; Social Influences; Models; Demography; Structural Equation Models; Regression (Statistics) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kindeswohl; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Messdaten; Soziale Arbeit; Faktorenanalyse; Prädiktor; Gültigkeit; Sozialer Einfluss; Analogiemodell; Demografie; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	Objective: This research examines the psychometric properties of the Perceptions of Child Welfare Scale (PCWS). This instrument is designed to assess child welfare workers' understanding of how society views their role and their work. Methods: Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was utilized to analyze data on 538 child welfare workers. Results: The final model consisted of three latent variables with 14 indicators related to stigma, value, and respect (?[superscript 2] = 362.33, p = 0.00; root mean square error of approximation [RMSEA] = 0.09; 90% confidence interval [CI]: [0.08, 0.09]; comparative fit index [CFI] = 0.96; Tucker-Lewis Index [TLI] = 0.95). Discussion: The way in which workers believe others view their work suggests an increasingly complex prototype for understanding workforce issues. Those wishing to examine societal factors related to child welfare workforce issues could use this validated instrument. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01