CMAS 258N EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A++ LATEST UPDATE
3 goals of research
1. Describe behavior
2. Explain and predict behavior
3. Identify intervention and prevention
incidence
The number of new cases in a population during a specific time
prevalance
The total number of cases in a population at a particular point in time
iceberg metaphor
above water/visible --- officially reported
deeper in iceberg --- progressively less detectable
National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS)
- federally sponsored effort that annually collects/analyzes data on child abuse and
neglect known to CPS
- mandated by CAPTA in 1988
- data reviewed to find trends
National Incidence Study (NIS)
- funded by CAPTA
- use standard definition of abuse and neglect
, - use sentinel survey methodology and CPS information
- standard of harm and standard of endangerment
standard of harm
relatively stringent generally requires that an act or omission result in demonstrable
harm in order to be classified as abuse or neglect
standard of endangerment
counts children who were not yet harmed by abuse or neglect
National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence (NatSCEV)
- comprehensive nationwide survey
- effort to identify incidence and prevalence of children's exposure to violence between 1
month and 17 years
- survey via phone
- children between 10-17 can answer for themselves
- parents must complete survey for children under 10
National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health)
- collects demographic, social, familial, socioeconomic, behavioral, psychosocial,
cognitive, and health data from a nationally representative sample
- cohort of 7th-12th graders during 1994-1995 school year interviewed between ages 18
and 26 and asked to recall maltreatment they may have experienced prior to 6th grade
disproportionality
The underrepresentation or overrepresentation of a racial or ethnic group compared to
its percentage in the total population
disparity
SOLUTIONS GRADED A++ LATEST UPDATE
3 goals of research
1. Describe behavior
2. Explain and predict behavior
3. Identify intervention and prevention
incidence
The number of new cases in a population during a specific time
prevalance
The total number of cases in a population at a particular point in time
iceberg metaphor
above water/visible --- officially reported
deeper in iceberg --- progressively less detectable
National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS)
- federally sponsored effort that annually collects/analyzes data on child abuse and
neglect known to CPS
- mandated by CAPTA in 1988
- data reviewed to find trends
National Incidence Study (NIS)
- funded by CAPTA
- use standard definition of abuse and neglect
, - use sentinel survey methodology and CPS information
- standard of harm and standard of endangerment
standard of harm
relatively stringent generally requires that an act or omission result in demonstrable
harm in order to be classified as abuse or neglect
standard of endangerment
counts children who were not yet harmed by abuse or neglect
National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence (NatSCEV)
- comprehensive nationwide survey
- effort to identify incidence and prevalence of children's exposure to violence between 1
month and 17 years
- survey via phone
- children between 10-17 can answer for themselves
- parents must complete survey for children under 10
National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health)
- collects demographic, social, familial, socioeconomic, behavioral, psychosocial,
cognitive, and health data from a nationally representative sample
- cohort of 7th-12th graders during 1994-1995 school year interviewed between ages 18
and 26 and asked to recall maltreatment they may have experienced prior to 6th grade
disproportionality
The underrepresentation or overrepresentation of a racial or ethnic group compared to
its percentage in the total population
disparity
