Validation of the Abuse Screening Inventory (ASI)

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 330-334

  Swahnberg, Katarina ^a   Wijma, Klaas ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abuse; screening questionnaire; test retest reliability; validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; ABUSE; ABUSE SCREENING INVENTORY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEXUAL ABUSE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SWEDEN;

EID: 34447098418     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940601040759     Document Type: Article

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