Convergent validity assessment of a brief screen for poverty with South African adolescents
- Keywords:
- poverty, poverty screen, trauma, adolescents, South Africa, Developmental Trauma Inventory, Household Economic and Social Status Index
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We explored the convergent validity of a brief screen for poverty with a convenience sample of 462 South African school-aged adolescents. Participants completed the poverty screen of the Developmental Trauma Inventory as well as the Household Economic and Social Status Index, which is a composite measure of socioeconomic status that was developed and validated using South African samples. Results indicated that scores on the poverty screen were significantly negatively correlated for financial/social capital, material consumption, and socioeconomic status subscales, as well as the total scale. These findings provide support for the convergent construct validity of the Developmental Trauma Inventory poverty screen.
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- 2015-05-06
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- Vol. 43 No. 5 (2015)
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