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Instrument Title

E-HITS: Extended Hurt, Insulted, Threatened with harm, and Screamed at

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Source Article

Chan, C. C., Chan, Y. C., Au, A., & Cheung, G. O. C. (2010). Reliability and validity of the 'Extended-Hurt, Insult, Threaten, Scream' (E-HITS) screening tool in detecting intimate partner violence in hospital emergency departments in Hong Kong. Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine, 17(2), 109.

Response Options

  • 1 = Never
  • 2 = Rarely
  • 3 = Sometimes
  • 4 = Often
  • 5 = Frequently

Survey Items

  1. Has your partner ever physically hurt you in the past 12 months?
  2. Has your partner ever insulted you in the past 12 months?
  3. Has your partner ever threatened to harm you in the past 12 months?
  4. Has your partner ever screamed or cursed at you in the past 12 months?
  5. Has your partner ever forced you to have sexual activities in the past 12 months?

Internal Reliability

Cronbach’s α= 0.9; test/re-test reliability = 0.71

Validity

Content Validity, Discriminant Validity, and Criterion Validity

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Terms Of Use

Individuals may use this information for research or educational purposes only and may not use this information for commercial purposes. When using this instrument, please cite:

Chan, C. C., Chan, Y. C., Au, A., & Cheung, G. O. C. (2010). Reliability and validity of the 'Extended-Hurt, Insult, Threaten, Scream' (E-HITS) screening tool in detecting intimate partner violence in hospital emergency departments in Hong Kong. Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine, 17(2), 109.

When presenting results using any survey information you obtained from the SABI, please acknowledge the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), an NIH funded program P30 AI50410.