Spanish HITS: Hurt, Insulted, Threatened with harm, and Screamed at
Chen, P. H., Rovi, S., Vega, M., Jacobs, A., & Johnson, M. S. (2005). Screening for domestic violence in a predominantly Hispanic clinical setting. Family Practice, 22(6), 617-623.
Patients responded to each of these items with a 5-point frequency format: never, rarely, sometimes, fairly often, and frequently.
How often does your partner:
Cronbach’s α= 0.71 (Spanish version alone) and 0.76 (English version alone)
Criterion Validity
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Chen, P. H., Rovi, S., Vega, M., Jacobs, A., & Johnson, M. S. (2005). Screening for domestic violence in a predominantly Hispanic clinical setting. Family Practice, 22(6), 617-623.
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