KL Chan, DYT Fong, E Yan, CB Chow, P Ip

Abstract

Objective: The primary objective of this research was to validate the Chinese Juvenile Victimisation Questionnaire (JVQ) in a Chinese population. Design: A validation study. Setting: This study is based on the pilot study of the Optimus Study on Child Sexual Abuse in China. Participants: A representative sample of students aged 15 to 17 who were in Grades 10 to 12 at schools in a district of Hong Kong was recruited for the survey (N=415). Results: The Chinese JVQ demonstrated a good internal consistency, with Cronbach's alpha exceeding 0.70 for almost all subscales and 0.89 for the total scale. Also, it correlated significantly with all the hypothesized psychosocial variables, namely depression, physical health, and mental health. Conclusions: This study provides preliminary evidence for the validity and reliability of the Chinese JVQ. Also, it finds that youth who suffer from victimisation are more likely to experience trauma symptoms. The authors suggest that such a scale is useful for measuring and identifying the victimisation patterns among youth within a Chinese population. Furthermore, the validation of the Chinese JVQ can lead to more multi-sites and cross-cultural studies.

目的：其最初的目的旨在研究中國青少年受害問卷調查在中國人社群的成效。構思：合法性研究。背景：這項研究是基於中國兒童性傷害的最合適試點性研究。參與對象：香港行政區在校的15~17歲的第10~12年級的學生（n=415）作為此項調查的代表性人群。結果：中國青少年受害問卷調查結果顯示和國內所得的數據一致，差不多所有分量表的Cronbach's alpha系數皆高於0.70；而所有量表的Cronbach's alpha系數則高於0.89。此外，這項調查結果也顯示出被預測到的青少年社會心理變化，也就是涉及到身心健康的抑鬱。結論：這項研究為中國青少年受害問卷調查的合法性和可靠性提供了初步的證據。同樣，這項研究也發現那些遭受過傷害的青少年朋友很可能要經歷心靈的創傷。所以，作者推薦文中的使用標準對衡量和確認中國青少年受害的情况是有用的。而且，中國青少年受害問卷調查的合法性會引導更多區域的和跨文化的研究。