Citation

Weist MD, Youngstrom EA, Myers CP, Warner BS, Varghese S, Dorsey N. Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. 2002; 32(4): 309-325.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. mweist@psych.umaryland.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12022773

Abstract

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.

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