TY - JOUR
T1 - Family Aggression Screening Tool (FAST)
T2 - Factor structure and psychometric properties of subscales
AU - Vieira, Renata
AU - Pires, Pedro Paulo
AU - Cecil, Charlotte
AU - Barker, Edward
AU - Reis, Daniela
AU - Couto, Isabella
AU - Cypriano, Cybele
AU - de Oliveira, Irismar Reis
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank the school staff, students and parents who agreed to participate in this project.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022
PY - 2022/5
Y1 - 2022/5
N2 - Background: The Family Aggression Screening Tool (FAST) is an instrument to screen for experiences of maltreatment using primarily pictorial representations, including direct victimisation and exposure to intimate partner violence. The initial psychometric properties of the FAST were reported in the original research in the United Kingdom. Objective: This research aimed to replicate and to extend the evaluation of the psychometric properties of FAST in Brazil. Participants and setting: Data consisted of 648 youth aged 11 to 17 years from public schools in Brazil. Method: We employed confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and exploratory graphical analysis (EGA). Concurrent validity was supported by strong correlations between the FAST's emotional and physical victimisation subscales and Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) emotional and physical abuse subscales. Results: CFA resulted in a solution including second and first order factors, resembling the original structure. FAST's reliability was assessed both through internal consistency and test-retest, showing favorable coefficients. Conclusion: Our results suggest that FAST has good psychometric properties for the Brazilian population with respect to both its validity and reliability.
AB - Background: The Family Aggression Screening Tool (FAST) is an instrument to screen for experiences of maltreatment using primarily pictorial representations, including direct victimisation and exposure to intimate partner violence. The initial psychometric properties of the FAST were reported in the original research in the United Kingdom. Objective: This research aimed to replicate and to extend the evaluation of the psychometric properties of FAST in Brazil. Participants and setting: Data consisted of 648 youth aged 11 to 17 years from public schools in Brazil. Method: We employed confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and exploratory graphical analysis (EGA). Concurrent validity was supported by strong correlations between the FAST's emotional and physical victimisation subscales and Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) emotional and physical abuse subscales. Results: CFA resulted in a solution including second and first order factors, resembling the original structure. FAST's reliability was assessed both through internal consistency and test-retest, showing favorable coefficients. Conclusion: Our results suggest that FAST has good psychometric properties for the Brazilian population with respect to both its validity and reliability.
KW - Family aggression
KW - Intimate partner violence
KW - Psychometric properties
KW - Reliability
KW - Validity
KW - Victimisation and child maltreatment
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U2 - 10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105548
DO - 10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105548
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85124648687
SN - 0145-2134
VL - 127
JO - Child Abuse and Neglect
JF - Child Abuse and Neglect
M1 - 105548
ER -
