Instrument details

Instrument Title

LS: Lethality Screen

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Source Article

Messing, J. T., Campbell, J., Sullivan Wilson, J., Brown, S., & Patchell, B. (2016). The lethality screen: the predictive validity of an intimate partner violence risk assessment for use by first responders. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 32(2), 205-226.

Response Options

Yes or No

Survey Items

1. Has he/she ever used a weapon against you or threatened you with a weapon?
2. Has he/she threatened to kill you or your children?
3. Do you think he/she might try to kill you?
4. Does he/she have a gun or can he/she get one easily?
5. Has he/she ever tried to choke you?
6. Is he/she violently or constantly jealous or does he/she control most of your daily activities?
7. Have you left him/her or separated after living together or being married?
8. Is he/she unemployed?
9. Has he/she ever tried to kill himself/herself?
10. Do you have a child that he/she knows is not his/hers?
11. Does he/she follow or spy on you or leave threatening messages?

Internal Reliability

Reliability information was not available.

Validity

Convergent validity, Criterion-related validity (predictive 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:

Messing, J. T., Campbell, J., Sullivan Wilson, J., Brown, S., & Patchell, B. (2016). The lethality screen: the predictive validity of an intimate partner violence risk assessment for use by first responders. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 32(2), 205-226.

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.