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Existing Validated IPV and TDV Screening Tools


Empirically Validated IPV and TDV Disclosure Tools1

TOOL
FORM(S) OF IPV MEASURED
FOCUS
# OF ITEMS
# STUDIES2
POPULATION(S) WITH WHICH VALIDATED

Empirically Validated, Behaviorally Specific Tools (Multiple Forms of IPV)
Abuse Screening Inventory
Emotional, physical, and sexual abuse (separate scales)
Victimization
1 each
1 of 1
Swedish women, 15-58 years, 24.5% high school degree, 20.8% senior high school degree

Unnamed Bonomi (2005) Measure
Physical violence
Emotional abuse
Victimization
3
1 of 1
English- and Spanish-speaking women > 18 who had previously reported an IPV incident to police or who had received an IPV-related civil protection order, < high school degree = 11%, high school degree or vocational training = 32%

Brief Inpatient Screen
Emotional, physical, sexual
Victimization
1 (with 3 parts)
1 of 1
Women ages 18-64 admitted to medical or surgical services (inpatient)

Composite Abuse Scale
Physical, emotional abuse, severe combined abuse, and harassment
Victimization
10, 9, 17, and 7
1 of 1
Australian women nurses

Gay Abuse Screening Protocol (GASP)
Physical violence Emotional abuse Sexual violence
Victimization
2
1 of 1
English-speaking gay men > 18 years old, involved in a gay relationship for > 6 months, 9% < high school degree

Humiliation, Afraid, Rape, Kick (HARK)
Physical violence Emotional abuse Sexual violence
Victimization
4
1 of 1
Women > 17 years old in an intimate relationship in the last year recruited from a primary practice

Hurt, Insult, Threaten, Scream (HITS)
Physical violence
Emotional abuse
Victimization
4
3 of 4
Tested with various adult populations:
    • Female patients > 21 years old at a family medicine clinic who had lived with the same partner for at least 12 months
    • Self-identified victims of IPV residing in crisis shelters or presenting to an emergency department
    • Female veterans seen for medical appointments, > 18 years old, in a relationship in the past year, 17% < high school degree or GED
    • English-speaking bilingual men > 18 years old living with a male or female partner for the past year, presenting for a health visit at a clinic or emergency department; Phase II: English speaking or bilingual males > 18 years old identifying as IPV victims for treatment
Partnered women > 18 years old

(Extended) Hurt, Insult, Threaten, Scream (E-HITS)
Physical violence
Emotional abuse
Sexual violence
Victimization
5
1 of 1
Female veterans seen for medical appointments who were in a relationship in the past year, 22.5% < high school degree or GED

Mediator’s Assessment of Safety Concerns (MASIC)
Physical violence
Emotional abuse
Sexual violence
Coercive control
Victimization
37
1 of 1
Family mediation clinic clients in a heterosexual relationship

NorVold Abuse Questionnaire
Physical violence
Emotional abuse
Sexual violence (sub-scales separately validated)
Victimization
13
1 of 1
Swedish women aged 18-64

Ongoing Abuse Screen (OAS)
Physical violence
Emotional abuse
Sexual violence
Fear
Victimization
5
1 of 2

Emergency department patients

Ongoing Violence Assessment Tool (OVAT)
Severe physical violence
Emotional abuse
Victimization
4
2 of 2
Emergency department patients

Partner Violence Screen (PVS)
Physical violence Perceived safety
(sub-scales separately validated)
Victimization
3
2 of 4
Various adult populations:
    • English-speaking female emergency department patients with noncritical medical problems
    • Spanish- and English-speaking female patients > 18 years old admitted to a trauma service

Partner Violence Interview
Physical violence Sexual violence
Victimization Perpetration
14
1 of 1
Homeless young men and women 18-21 years old in a private non-profit shelter/transitional housing facility

Perpetrator Rapid Scale (PERPS)
Sexual abuse
Physical abuse
Victimization
3
1 of 1
Spanish or English speaking males and females >18 in the triage or lobby area of ED

Relationship Behavior Rating Scale (RBRS) - Revised3
Psychological abuse
Sexual abuse
Physical abuse
Physical injury
Victimization
30
1 of 1
Male and female undergraduates enrolled in psychology courses who reported a current romantic relationship of at least 3 months during the past year

STaT (Slaps, Throws, and Threatens) Screen
Physical violence
Emotional abuse
Sexual violence
Victimization
3
2 of 2
Two adult populations:
    • English-speaking women 18-65 seen in urgent care
    • English-speaking women 18-64, seen in the non-acute section of the emergency department, < 8th grade education = 3%, some high school = 23%

STaT Spanish version
Physical violence
Emotional abuse
Victimization
2
1 of 1
Spanish-speaking female hospital outpatients, 18-64 years old

Teen Screen for Dating Violence
Physical violence Sexual violence
Emotional abuse
Victimization
Perpetration
27
21
1 of 1
Convenience sample of youth aged 13-21 recruited through mental health and school counselors, clinicians, and college campus faculty; primarily White (67%), heterosexual (88%), and female (70%).

Universal Violence Prevention Screen
Physical violence
Emotional abuse
Coercive control

Victimization
3 4 (single items)
1 of 1
Low-income, African American female emergency department patients who indicated experiencing some form of intimate partner violence

Women Abuse Screening Tool (WAST)
Physical violence
Emotional abuse
Victimization
7 (and 1 total)

1 of 1
    • Women living at a shelter for women abused by a male partner
    • Convenience sample of nurses, social workers, clerical staff, etc. who had not experienced abuse

Women’s Abuse  Screening Tool-Short Form (WAST-Short)
Abuse
Victimization
2 of 7 WAST items
2 of 3
    • Women ages 18-6 at  their own health care visit
    • Women living at a shelter for women abused by a male partner
    • Convenience sample of nurses, social workers, clerical staff, etc. who had not experienced abuse


Unnamed Zink (2007) Measure5
Relationship conflict
Perceived safety
Victimization
5
1 of 1
English-speaking mothers in primary care waiting rooms with > 1 child age 3-13 in a relationship with a steady partner for > 1 year, 60% < high school degree

Empirically Validated, Behaviorally Specific Tools or Scales from Larger Measures (Single Form of IPV)
Checklist of Controlling Behaviors
Coercive control
Perpetration
16
1 of 1
Male undergraduate, graduate, and professional students

Coercive Control Survey – Coercion subscale (Dutton, 2006
Coercive control
Victimization

31
1 of 1
Urban men and women > 17 years old

Index of Spouse Abuse (ISA)- Physical
Physical violence
Victimization
15
1 (full ISA not validated)
Women 18-65 years, insured by a managed care organization or Medicaid, who had ever been in an intimate, sexual relationship with a man for > 3 months
< High school: 11%

Intimate Justice Scale
Coercive control6
(scored to estimate risk of physical violence)
Victimization
15
1 of 1
Women > 19 years old; clients in mental health, social service, and medical agencies; in a heterosexual relationship > 1 year; 26% high school degree

Jellinek Inventory for Assessing Partner Violence
Physical violence
Victimization Perpetration
2
2
1 of 1

Dutch substance abuse treatment patients > 18 years old who met DSM-IV criteria for substance abuse or dependence

Multidimensional Measure of Emotional Abuse
Emotional abuse:
Restrictive Engulfment
Hostile Withdrawal
Denigration
Domination/
Intimidation
Victimization
Perpetration

13

9

17
15
1 of 1
Undergraduate in college, never married, in current dating relationship


Partner-Directed Insults Scale
Emotional abuse
Controlling behavior
Victimization (women) Perpetration (men)
47
1 of 1

Two student populations:
    • US university students > 18 years old in a committed heterosexual relationship
    • New Zealand university students

*Subtle and Overt Scale of Psycho-logical Abuse
Emotional abuse
Victimization
65
1 of 1
New mothers 18 -40 years old involved in a romantic relationship for at least 6 weeks, 20% < high school degree

Trauma Quest-ionnaire
Domestic violence
Threats of domestic violence
Victimization
27 (single items)
1 of 1
Female veterans seen for medical appointments

Women’s Experiences with Battering (WEB) Scale
Coercive control

Victimization
10
2 of 2
    • Convenience samples of women served by domestic violence programs and women not served by domestic violence programs
    • Women 18-65 years, insured by a managed care organization or Medicaid, who had ever been in an intimate, sexual relationship with a man for > 3 months

Empirically Validated, Risk-Based Tools
Chinese Risk Assessment Tool for Victims
(CRAT-V)
Risk of any IPV
Victimization
268
1 of 1
Women of Chinese ethnicity > 16 years old, married or cohabiting, and able to speak Cantonese, Mandarin, or English

Chinese Risk Assessment Tool for Perpetrators (CRAT-P)
Risk of any IPV
Perpetration
359
1 of 1
Men of Chinese ethnicity > 16 years old, married or cohabiting, and able to speak Cantonese, Putonghua, or English

Domestic Violence Screening Instrument – Revised (DVSI-R)
Risk of any IPV
Perpetration
11
1 of 1
Persons > 16 years old convicted of any family violence

Unnamed Datner risk (2007) Measure
Physical violence
Victimization
5
1 of 1
Pregnant teens and pregnant adult women


Published, Non-Validated Tools Tested with Special Populations
TOOL
FORM(S) OF IPV MEASURED
FOCUS
# OF ITEMS
POPULATION(S) WITH WHICH TESTED
Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationships Inventory (CADRI)
Physical violence Emotional abuse Sexual violence Coercive control
Victimization Perpetration
25
Two youth populations:
    • Students in 9th to 11th grade
    • Community sample of dating couples, 14-19 years old
Intimate Partner Violence Assessment Icon Form
Physical violence
Sexual violence Perceived safety
Victimization
NA
Female Latino seasonal and migrant farm workers (some with limited literacy)
Lesbian Partner Abuse Scale – Revised (LE-PAS-R)
Power imbalance
NA
25
Lesbian women
Partner Violence Interview
Physical violence Sexual violence
Victimization Perpetration
26
Homeless young men and women 18-21 years old in a private non-profit shelter/transitional housing facility
Safe Dates Evaluation Tool
(Physical)
Physical violence
Victimization
Perpetration
16 each
Middle school aged youth in rural North Carolina
Safe Dates Evaluation Tool (Emotional)
Emotional abuse
Coercive control
Victimization
Perpetration
16
each
Middle school aged youth in rural North Carolina