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Instrument Title

PERPS: Perpetrator Rapid Scale

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Source Article

Ernst, A., Weiss, S., Morgan-Edwards, S., Rihani, T., Coffman, B., Clark, R., Lucero, M., Jansen, L., Brokmeyer, J., Kaul, E., Hegyi, M., Ramone, B., & Valdez, M. (2012). Derivation and Validation of a Short Emergency Department Screening Tool for Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence: The Perpetrator Rapid Scale (PERPS). Journal of Emergency Medicine. 42(2): 206-217

Response Options

Yes/No

Survey Items

  1. Have you ever forced your partner to have sex or hurt your partner during sex?
  2. Have you ever pushed or shoved your partner violently?
  3. Have you ever hit or punched your partner’s arms, body, head, or face?

Internal Reliability

Cronbach’s α = 0.68

Validity

Discriminant 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:

Ernst, A., Weiss, S., Morgan-Edwards, S., Rihani, T., Coffman, B., Clark, R., Lucero, M., Jansen, L., Brokmeyer, J., Kaul, E., Hegyi, M., Ramone, B., & Valdez, M. (2012). Derivation and Validation of a Short Emergency Department Screening Tool for Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence: The Perpetrator Rapid Scale (PERPS). Journal of Emergency Medicine. 42(2): 206-217

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.