CAPI

Child Abuse Potential Inventory, Second Edition

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Purpose

Screens for the detection of physical child abuse in parents or primary caregivers

Authors

Joel S. Milner, PhD

Administration Formats

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A Screening Tool for the Detection of Physical Child Abuse

The CAPI is to be used by protective services workers in their investigations of reported child abuse cases.  It is a screening scale primarily for the detection and prediction of moderate to severe physical child abuse.  It is not designed to detect the risk of sexual abuse or neglect.

The conceptual perspective that guided the creation of the CAPI was that child abuse involves a myriad of psychological and interpersonal variables which influence the occurrence of abusive behavior.  This rating scale includes the most predictive items to result in a useful, reliable, and valid instrument.  A CAPI video in PAR Training provides additional details on scales and scoring.

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    Features and benefits

    • This 160-item self-report screening instrument is given to the parent or caregiver who is suspected of abuse.
    • Designed to be given to those who are at risk for or convicted of physical child abuse.
    • Intervention/treatment programs have successfully used the CAPI at pre- and post-treatment and on a follow-up basis to assist in program evaluation.
    • Written at a 3rd grade reading level.  Items can be read to a client without explanation.
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    Age Range 18 years to 99 years
    Admin Time 15 minutes
    Qualification Level B

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    FAQs

    What is the technical information for the CAPI?

    Test structure

    • The primary clinical scale (Abuse) can be divided into six factor scales: Distress, Rigidity, Unhappiness, Problems With Child and Self, Problems With Family, and Problems With Others.
    • Contains three validity scales: Lie, Random Response, and Inconsistency.
    • Manual includes information about administration, scoring, and interpretation procedures; an Interpretive Manual for the Child Abuse Potential Inventory provides additional information for interpretation of the CAPI, including applications, limitations, scale descriptions, and references.

    Technical information

    The Abuse scale has high internal consistency reliabilities (.92 to.96 for controls and .95 to .98 for abusers); test-retest estimates for the Abuse scale also are strong (.91 and .75 for 1-day and 3-month intervals, respectively).

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