The Predictive Validity of the Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth in Secondary Educational Settings

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 478-486

  McGowan, Mark R ^a   Horn, Robert A ^b   Mellott, Ramona N ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Predictive validity; SAVRY; School violence; Violence risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MODEL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURED ASSESSMENT OF VIOLENCE IN YOUTH; STRUCTURED PROFESSIONAL JUDGEMENT MODEL; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 79959310267     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022304     Document Type: Article

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