A clinically useful screening interview to assess violence exposure in youth.
The Exposure to Violence Screening Measure (EVSM) was evaluated as a structured interview for assessing violence exposure among inner-city youth. Psychometric analysis of the measure on a sample of 352 inner-city teenagers indicated adequate internal consistency. The validity of the EVSM was supported by significant correlations between the total score and measures of life stress and behavioral problems.
Weist
Mark D
MD
Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. mweist@psych.umaryland.edu
Youngstrom
Eric
E
Myers
C Patrick
CP
Warner
Beth S
BS
Varghese
Suja
S
Dorsey
Nicole
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D015142:Baltimore; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D011203:Poverty; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D012931:Social Environment; D014754:Violence