Validation of the Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of Child Abuse Questionnaire

Background: Children belong to the most vulnerable social group. Thus, children rsquo;s issues address a substantial part of the security in each community. It was necessary to develop an instrument to screen the children at risk of child abuse. Methods: This survey was conducted on 200 elementary students of the Ahwaz City, Iran, using a selfreport questionnaire. A multistage sampling method was used for selecting the samples. The average variances were extracted, and composite reliability along with Cronbach rsquo;s alpha coefficient was performed by LISREL for Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling (ESEM) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) approaches. Results: The ESEM results revealed the 8factor structure that explained 59.47% of the total variance in the child abuse questionnaire. Findings suggested that scaring children address the most factor load (0.97), and the destruction of selfesteem addresses the lowest factor load (0.37) in child abuse. Conclusion: The Persian version of the 8factor child abuse tool indicated acceptable psychometric properties. The Persian version of the 8factor child abuse questionnaire should be considered in developing a research agenda for child maltreatment future studies.