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Instrument Title

HITS: Hurt, Insulted, Threatened with harm and Screamed at

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Source Article

Sherin, K. M., Sinacore, J. M., Li, X. Q., Zitter, R. E., & Shakil, A. (1998). HITS: a short domestic violence screening tool for use in a family practice setting. FAMILY MEDICINE-KANSAS CITY-, 30, 508-512.

Response Options

Patients responded to each of these items with a 5-point frequency format: never, rarely, sometimes, fairly often, and frequently.

Survey Items

How often does your partner:

  • Physically hurt you?
  • Insult you or talk down to you?
  • Threaten you with harm?
  • Scream or curse at you?

Internal Reliability

Cronbach’s α=0.80

Validity

Content Validity and Criterion 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:

Sherin, K. M., Sinacore, J. M., Li, X. Q., Zitter, R. E., & Shakil, A. (1998). HITS: a short domestic violence screening tool for use in a family practice setting. FAMILY MEDICINE-KANSAS CITY-, 30, 508-512.

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.