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A clinically useful screening interview to assess violence exposure in youth
Mark D Weist1, Eric Youngstrom, C Patrick Myers
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. mweist@psych.umaryland.edu
Child Psychiatry and Human Development
|May 23, 2002
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.