A QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THE EVALUATION OF AN EDUCATORS TRAINING ON CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE - DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION

The authors constructed a questionnaire to evaluate a ten-day-training curriculum for educators concerning the topic of sexual abuse of chil dren. This questionnaire measures learning outcomes as well as behavio ral change at work. It consists of three parts: a knowledge test, an a ttitude questionnaire and a self-report questionnaire. The contents co rrespond to the training goals. As part of the evaluation study the qu estionnaire was completed by a sample of 129 educators. The inspection of item-difficulty and reliabilty yielded positive results - further amelioration can be achieved by minor changes. First analyses confirm the hypothesis that the self-report questionnaire is also a valid inst rument for training evaluation. The questionnaire was highly accepted by the trainees, and the costs of evaluation were relatively low. Thus the questionnaire can be recommended as an evaluation instrument for trainings with similar goals and trainees.