The risk-taking and self-harm inventory for adolescents: Development and psychometric evaluation

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 852-865

  Vrouva, Ioanna ^a   Fonagy, Peter ^a   Fearon, Pasco R M ^b   Roussow, Trudie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Psychometric evaluation; Risk taking; Screening measure; Self harm

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DIVERGENT VALIDITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK TAKING AND SELF HARM INVENTORY FOR ADOLESCENTS; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK-TAKING; SELF MUTILATION; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 78650142183     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020583     Document Type: Article

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