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Test names are presented on the left side of the table and brief test descriptions are set forth on
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Behavior Data Systems (BDS) tests distinguishing characteristics include focused
multiscaled tests with impressive empirically demonstrated reliability and validity. Each test
is standardized on the client population it is designed to assess. With few exceptions, it takes
around 30 minutes to administer these tests. Data (client's answers) input, computer scoring and
printing of reports (on your printer) is done within 2 to 3 minutes. Other unique BDS test features
are many and include: Truthfulness Scales, Truth-Corrected scale scores, Test Data Input Verification
(insures accuracy), Human Voice Audio (for reading impaired), Built In Database (for ongoing research),
Delete Client Names (insures HIPAA compliance) program, Annual Summary Reports, Staff Training and more.
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to them.
On the left side of this page are alphabetically ordered test names. Each test name is linked
to that test's webpage which contains a detailed test description, an example test report and
links to that tests research.
On the right side of this page are brief test descriptions. More test-related information is
provided when you click on a test's name.
The Adolescent Chemical Dependency Inventory (ACDI) is a short non-offensive
self-report test that obtains a lot of important information quickly. The ACDI assesses troubled youth in
schools, counseling and treatment settings. The ACDI has 105 items and takes 15 to 20 minutes to complete.
It has five scales (measures): 1. Truthfulness Scale, 2. Adjustment Scale, 3. Distress Scale, 4. Alcohol
Scale and 5. Drugs Scale. Specific intervention, counseling and treatment recommendations are provided.
Designed for school, juvenile court and juvenile probation department use.
Version II has a Violence (Lethality) Scale. Version II has 140 items and takes 25 to 30 minutes to
complete. Version II has 7 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Violence (Lethality), 3. Adjustment, 4. Stress
Coping Abilities, 5. Distress, 6. Alcohol, and 7. Drugs. Specific attained score-related intervention,
treatment and probation recommendations are made for each of these scales. If you are looking for a
juvenile (male and female) assessment instrument that includes violence (lethality), we recommend you
consider the ACDI-Corrections Version II.
Designed for adult presentence evaluation. The APE evolved from the Offender
Assessment Index (OAI). The APE incorporates a DSM-IV Substance Abuse/Dependency Scale. APE has 158 items
and takes 35 minutes to complete. It has 7 measures (scales): 1. Truthfulness Scale, 2. Resistance Scale,
3. Violence (Lethality) Scale, 4. Substance Abuse/Dependency Scale, 5. Alcohol Scale, 6. Drugs Scale and
7. Stress Coping Abilities Scale. The APE classifies substance abuse and dependency in term of DSM-IV
criteria, while concurrently measuring alcohol and drug use severity. It is appropriate for misdemeanor
and felony offender assessment.
The Adult Profile (AP) is a counseling, treatment needs screening
instrument for probationers. The APP has 180 items and takes 45 minutes to complete. The Adult Profile
(AP) incorporates 10 scales (measures): 1. Truthfulness Scale, 2. Depression Scale, 3. Anxiety
Scale, 4. Distress Scale, 5. Self-Esteem Scale, 6. Family Issues Scale, 7. Alcohol Scale, 8. Drugs Scale,
9. Antisocial Scale and 10. Stress Coping Abilities Scale. The Adult Profile is a rather
comprehensive probationer screen for emotional problems, negative attitudes, adjustment and substance
(alcohol and other drugs) abuse. Contingent upon identified problems, probationers can be guided to
appropriate intervention/counseling programs. Identified problems represent barriers and their remediation
improves a probationer's chances of successful post-probation adjustment.
Designed for adult (male & female) pretrial defendants. Appropriate for
misdemeanor and felony cases. The APT contains 7 measures (scales): 1. Truthfulness, 2. Alcohol,
3. Drugs, 4. Substance Abuse/Dependency, 5. Violence (Lethality), 6. Antisocial and 7. Stress Coping.
The Adult Pretrial Test (APT) has 162 items and takes 35 minutes to complete. APT reports are
computer-scored and printed on-site within 2½ minutes of test data entry. The APT evolved from the
Defendant Questionnaire. The APT has been standardized on the adult defendant population.
The adult Treatment Outcome (ATO) was developed for mental health, substance
(alcohol and drugs) abuse and counseling intake screening. It provides objective and accurate problem
identification and matches problem severity with recommended program intensity. Decisions regarding types
of intervention needed, changes in patient status and effectiveness of treatment are now subject to review.
The ATO is a test-retest outcome test. The pretreatment test administration serves as a baseline for
posttreatment comparison. The ATO enables comparison of treatment effectiveness. The ATO consists of 153
items that can be completed in 30 minutes. The ATO has 12 scales (measures): 1. Truthfulness, 2. Distress,
3. Outlook, 4. Depression, 5. Anxiety, 6. Self-Esteem, 7. Alcohol, 8. Drugs, 9. Control, 10. Violence, 11.
Suicide and 12. Stress Coping Abilities. If you're looking for an objective way to evaluate
intervention/counseling/treatment effectiveness, we suggest you consider the Adult Treatment Outcome test.
Designed for adult (male and female) court-related defendant assessment.
It is appropriate for Drug Courts and general court populations. It is appropriate for misdemeanor
and felony cases. The DQ has 162 items and takes 35 minutes to complete. It has 7 scales: 1. Truthfulness,
2. Violence (Lethality), 3. Antisocial, 4. Alcohol, 5. Drugs, 6. Substance Abuse/Dependency and
7. Stress Coping Abilities Scale. Substance Abuse/Dependency is classified in terms of DSM-IV criteria,
while measuring the severity of alcohol and drug use. And, the DQ incorporates ASAM compatible treatment
recommendation.
For domestic violence offender assessment. The DVI evaluates lethality,
control issues, substance abuse and much more. It has 155 items and takes 30 minutes to complete. The
DVI has six scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Violence (Lethality), 3. Control, 4. Alcohol, 5. Drugs, and
6. Stress Coping Abilities. The Truthfulness Scale detects denial, deception and faking. The DVI is a
popular and widely used adult domestic violence perpetrator assessment instrument.
Designed for evaluating juveniles (14 to 18 years) accused or convicted
of domestic violence. The DVI-Juvenile has 149 items and takes 30 to 35 minutes to complete. The
DVI-Juvenile has 6 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Violence (Lethality), 3. Control, 4. Alcohol, 5. Drugs,
and 6. Stress Coping Abilities. In addition to Truthfulness, Alcohol and Drugs, this test has a Violence
(Lethality) Scale, Control Scale and Stress Coping Abilities Scale. A popular test for juvenile domestic
violence caseloads and counseling programs.
For measuring domestic violence treatment outcome. The same test is given
before and after treatment. Upon posttest it compares pre-post test results in a DVI Pre-Post report.
It has 147 items and takes 30 minutes to complete. The DVI Pre-Post has six scales: 1. Truthfulness,
2. Violence (Lethality), 3. Control, 4. Alcohol, 5. Drugs, and 6. Stress Coping Abilities. Although
this test evolved from the DVI, it objectively compares pretest and posttest scores. It is one of a
few tests that provides an outcome measure. If you want to know if domestic violence treatment was
effective, we recommend you consider the DVI Pre-Post.
The DVI-Short Form is a brief, easily administered and automated
(computer-scored) adult domestic violence test. It has 76 items and takes 20 minutes to complete. The
Short Form has 6 scales (measures): 1. Truthfulness Scale, 2. Violence (Lethality) Scale, 3. Control
Scale, 4. Alcohol Scale, 5. Drugs Scale and 6. Stress Coping Abilities Scale. The DVI-Short Form assesses
attitudes and behaviors important in domestic violence offender evaluation. The DVI-Short Form is
appropriate for reading impaired assessment and high volume testing programs. The DVI-Short Form is a
popular domestic violence offender assessment instrument or test.
The Driver Inventory (DI) is a driver risk test that does not include alcohol
or drugs scales. The DI has 124 items and takes 15 to 20 minutes to complete. The Driver Inventory has
5 scales (measures): 1. Truthfulness Scale, 2. Aggressiveness Scale, 3. Self-Rating, 4. Stress Coping
Scale and 5. Driver Risk Scale. If you want a driver risk assessment instrument or test that does not
have an alcohol or drugs scale, we recommend the Driver Inventory (DI). The DI is designed to be different.
It is deliberately short. The DI is non-introversive and does not elicit defensiveness or anger. And the
DI is comprehensive as its scales represent important areas of inquiry.
For DUI/DWI offender assessment. It has 140 items and takes 25 to 30 minutes
to complete. The DRI-II has six scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Alcohol, 3. Drugs, 4. Substance
Abuse/Dependency, 5. Driver Risk, and 6. Stress Coping Abilities. Incorporates DSM-IV classification
criteria with independent measures of alcohol and drug abuse severity. Standardized on over one million
DUI/DWI offenders. Rated the best by NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) the highest
federal authority in the DUI field. This is a popular DUI/DWI offender assessment instrument or test.
Designed for use in high volume assessment settings or as an alternative
test for reading impaired drivers. The SHORT FORM has 73 items and takes 15 to 20 minutes to complete.
Largely because of its brevity, the DRI-II SHORT FORM can be read to a client or group in 20 minutes.
The SHORT FORM has 5 scales: 1. Truthfulness Scale, 2. Alcohol Scale, 3. Drugs Scale, 4. Driver Risk
Scale and 5. Substance Abuse/Dependency Scale. The Substance Abuse/Dependency Scale utilizes DSM-IV
criteria for abuse and dependency classification. The Alcohol Scale and Drugs Scale measure severity
of abuse. This is a SHORT FORM of the DRI-II.
The 1st Offender Inventory is designed for first offender (male and female) assessment. This test is particularly useful in defendant, presentence, pretrial and probation settings.
The 1st Offender Inventory consists of 122 true, false and multiple choice items. It takes 20 to 25 minutes on average to complete and has a fifth grade reading level. The assessment has seven scales (measures):
1. Truthfulness 2. Alcohol 3. Drugs 4. Antisocial 5. Peer Pressure 6. Entitlement 7. Self-Esteem
Designed for gambler assessment. It has 166 items and takes 35 minutes
to complete. The Gambler Addiction Index has 7 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Gambler, 3. Suicide, 4.
Attitude, 5. Alcohol, 6. Drugs, and 7. Stress Coping Abilities. Within 3 minutes after test completion,
the GAI prints a comprehensive report. The GAI assesses important "gambler" attitudes and behaviors.
It is estimated there are over 12 million gamblers in the United States.
The Juvenile Presentence Evaluation (JPE) is designed specifically for
juvenile (male and female) presentence evaluation. It has 159 items and takes 35 minutes to complete.
The JPE has 9 scales (measures): 1. Truthfulness, 2. Suicide, 3. Resistance, 4. Self-Esteem, 5.
Violence (Lethality), 6. Alcohol, 7. Drugs, 8. Distress and 9. Stress Coping Abilities. The JPE is
much more than just another alcohol or drug test; consequently, it measures many important behaviors
missed by many other juvenile tests. This type of information helps in deciding upon probation,
alternatives to incarceration, and treatment.
The Juvenile Pretrial Test (JPT) establishes juvenile risk and needs at
the pretrial stage of the juvenile justice system. The JPT identifies criminogenic needs, authenticates
their severity and recommends graduated sanctions according to problem severity. The JPT has 140 items
and takes 30 minutes to complete. It has 7 scales (measures): 1. Truthfulness, 2. Alcohol, 3. Drugs,
4. Violence (Lethality), 5. Distress, 6. Adjustment and 7. Stress Quotient. At one sitting of 30
minutes' duration, staff can acquire a lot of information, which includes attitudes, substance abuse
involvement, acting out (violence) propensity, perceived distress and coping behaviors.
Designed for school systems, juvenile screening programs and troubled
youth treatment agencies. The JSAP has 116 items and takes 20 minutes to complete. The Juvenile
Substance Abuse Profile has 5 scales: 1. Truthfulness Scale, 2. Aggressiveness Scale, 3. Alcohol
Scale, 4. Drugs Scale, and 5. Stress Coping Abilities Scale. This is a fast way to screen juveniles
in a non-introversive manner. Extreme aggressiveness can spillover into violence. Greatly impaired
stress coping abilities identify existing emotional and mental health problems. This is a brief yet
comprehensive and standardized self-report test.
This is a juvenile counseling/treatment outcome or effectiveness
assessment instrument or test. It is appropriate for males and females. The JTO compares pretest
with posttest scores. The JTO has 163 items and takes 35 to 40 minutes to complete. JTO has 12
scales (measures): 1. Truthfulness, 2. Self-Esteem, 3. Outlook, 4. Adjustment, 5. Depression, 6.
Anxiety, 7. Control, 8. Violence, 9. Suicide, 10. Alcohol, 11. Drugs and 12. Stress Coping Abilities.
A juvenile counseling/treatment outcome or effectiveness test.
The Parent/Guardian Questionnaire (PGQ) is designed for administration to parents/guardians of troubled youth that have completed the ACDI-Corrections Version II. The ACDI-Corrections Version II is a stand alone juvenile assessment instrument or test that does not require the Parent/Guardian Questionnaire (PGQ) as a companion test. However, when the PGQ is used it should only be administered to parents/guardians of juveniles that have completed the ACDI-Corrections Version II.
Designed for parolee assessment. The PI has 135 items and takes 30 to
35 minutes to complete. The PI has 8 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Violence (Lethality), 3. Antisocial,
4. Distress, 5. Self-Esteem, 6. Alcohol, 7. Drugs, and 8. Stress Coping Abilities. The Parolee
Inventory is an objective, comprehensive and standardized screening instrument that examines important
attitudes and behaviors. The PI provides an objective on-site second opinion in a timely manner.
Designed for objective pretest-posttest outcome comparison. This is a
counseling or treatment outcome measure. It has 148 items and takes 30 minutes to complete. The
Pre-Post Inventory has 7 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Self-Esteem, 3. Resistance, 4. Distress, 5.
Alcohol, 6. Drugs, and 7. Stress Coping Abilities. The Pre-Post Inventory provides an objective
outcome measure for evaluating intervention, counseling or treatment effectiveness. Adult and
juvenile versions are available.
The Pre-Post Inventory - Juvenile is an objective pretreatment-posttreatment
outcome comparison test. The same test is administered twice (before and after treatment) and the computer
compares both test administration answers and presents these findings in a printed report. The Pre-Post
Inventory - Juvenile has 148 items and takes 30 minutes to complete. It has 7 scales (measures): 1.
Truthfulness Scale, 2. Self-Esteem Scale, 3. Resistance Scale, 4. Distress Scale, 5. Alcohol Scale, 6.
Drugs Scale, and 7. Stress Coping Abilities. The Pre-Post Inventory report is an outcome measure on the
effectiveness of intervention, counseling or treatment services. The Pretest serves as a baseline for
Posttest comparison.
Designed for prison inmate (male and female) assessment. The PII has
161 items and takes 35 to 40 minutes to complete. The PII has 10 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2.
Violence (Lethality), 3. Antisocial, 4. Adjustment, 5. Self-Esteem, 6. Judgment, 7. Distress, 8.
Alcohol, 9. Drugs and 10. Stress Coping Abilities. The PII is standardized on over fifty-five thousand
prison inmates. Reports contain specific score-related recommendations that are applicable to levels
of supervision and treatment needs. The PII is a popular prison inmate assessment instrument or test.
The Prison Inmate Inventory - Version II (PIIv2) is essentially a modified
version of the Prison Inmate Inventory (PII). The Self-Esteem scale was removed and replaced with a
Gambler Scale. Consequently, the PIIv2 has 160 items and takes 45 minutes to complete. The PIIv2 has
10 scales (measures): 1. Truthfulness, 2. Violence, 3. Antisocial, 4. Distress, 5. Gambling, 6. Adjustment,
7. Alcohol, 8. Drugs, 9. Judgment and 10. Stress Coping Abilities. Reports contain specific score-related
recommendations that are applicable to levels of supervision and treatment needs. In contrast to the PII,
the PIIv2 contains a Gambling Scale, whereas the PII has a Self-Esteem Scale.
Designed for screening applicants applying for reinstatement of their
driver's license. These applicants have had their driver's license suspended or revoked. The RRI
has 124 items and takes 25 minutes to complete. The RRI has 6 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Road Rage,
3. Alcohol, 4. Drugs, 5. Comparative Change, and 6. Intervention Checklist. The RRI explores the
question, "Has the applicant changed since their driver's license was suspended or revoked?" a second
version of the RRI was developed and is called the RRI-II.
The RRI-II is another approach to screening applicants applying for
reinstatement of their driver's license. These applicants have had their driver's license suspended
or revoked. The RRI-II has 6 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Stress Coping Abilities, 3. Alcohol, 4.
Drugs, 5. Comparative Change, and 6. Intervention Checklist. The RRI-II replaced the RRI's Road
Rage Scale with its Stress Coping Abilities Scale. The RRI-II explores the question, "Has the
applicant changed since their driver's license was suspended or revoked?"
Designed for welfare recipient screening in welfare-to-work programs.
It has 103 items and takes 20 minutes to complete. The Self-Assessment Index has 5 scales: 1.
Truthfulness, 2. Work Index, 3. Alcohol, 4. Drugs, and 5. Stress Coping Abilities. This test screens
substance (alcohol and drugs) abuse, work attitudes, motivation and stress coping -- important
attitudes and behaviors for understanding welfare-to-work participants. Test results can be used to
coordinate intervention, treatment and vocational rehabilitational services.
The Self-Assessment Index-c (SAI-c) is a reworded Self-Assessment Index.
Some evaluators wanted to change the "welfare recipient" and "welfare-to-work" terminology to a more
generic "client" and "work readiness" vocabulary. Since the word "client" dominates the SAI-c title
was initiated. In other words, the letter "c" refers to the "client" orientation. The SAI-c has 103
items and takes 20 minutes to complete. The SAI-c has 5 scales (measures): 1. Truthfulness Scale, 2.
Work Index Scale, 3. Alcohol Scale, 4. Drugs Scale and 5. Stress Coping Abilities Scale. This test
screens substance (alcohol and other drugs) abuse, work attitudes, motivation and stress coping --
important attitudes and behaviors for successful work adjustment. In other words, the SAI-c identifies
barriers to successful employment so they can be worked through and resolved.
The Self-Audit (SA) is designed for adult (male and female) counseling
and treatment program intake. The SA can also be used in HMO's, EAP programs, courts, probation and
community corrections. The SA has 160 items and takes 30 to 35 minutes to complete. It contains 9
scales (measures): 1. Truthfulness, 2. Distress, 3. Resistance, 4. Morale, 5. Violence, 6. Alcohol,
7. Drugs, 8. Self-Esteem and 9. Stress Coping Abilities. The Self-Audit differs for the Victim Index
in that the SA contains a Violence (Lethality) and individual Alcohol and Drugs Scales. The SA was
developed in response to evaluators' requests.
Suicide Evaluation is a test for screening
potentially suicidal clients, patients and offenders. The Suicide Evaluation test consists of 117 items and
takes 25 minutes to complete. Suicide Evaluation has 6 scales (measures): 1. Truthfulness Scale, 2. Suicide
Scale, 3. Alcohol Scale, 4. Drugs Scale, 5. Depression Scale and 6. Stress Coping Abilities Scale.
Each of the 6 Suicide Evaluation scales provides important suicide screening information. Suicide Evaluation enables
evaluators, counselors and mental health professionals to cost effectively incorporate suicide
screening in their assessments. Suicide Evaluation has impressive reliability, validity and comprehensiveness.
It is often important to include suicide screening in program intake procedures.
Designed for identifying sexual deviance and paraphilias in persons
accused or convicted of sex offenses. The SAI has 214 items and takes 45 minutes to an hour to
complete. The SAI has 13 scales: 1. Test Item Truthfulness, 2. Sex Item Truthfulness, 3. Sexual
Adjustment, 4. Child Molest, 5. Sexual (Rape) Assault, 6. Exhibitionism, 7. Incest, 8. Violence
(Lethality), 9. Antisocial, 10. Distress, 11. Judgment, 12. Alcohol, and 13. Drugs. Many sex
offenders try to minimize their problems, which emphasizes the importance of the two SAI
truthfulness scales, while underscoring the value of Truth-Corrected scores, which are more
accurate than raw scores. The SAI is standardized on thousands of sex offenders. It has proven
to be a reliable, valid, accurate and objective sex offender assessment instrument or test.
State-of-the-art.
Designed for evaluating juveniles (14 to 18 years) accused or
convicted of sexual offenses. The SAI-Juvenile has 195 items and takes an hour to complete.
The SAI-Juvenile has 13 scales: 1. Test Item Truthfulness, 2. Sex Item Truthfulness, 3.
Child Molest, 4. Sexual (Rape) Assault, 5. Incest, 6. Exhibitionism, 7. Sexual Adjustment,
8. Violence (Lethality), 9. Antisocial, 10. Distress, 11. Alcohol, 12. Drugs and 13. Judgment.
The adult SAI was modified for juveniles. When selecting a test for evaluating juveniles
accused or convicted of sexual offenses, we recommend you consider this reliable, valid and
accurate test.
Designed for shoplifting offender assessment. The SI has 185 items
and takes 45 minutes to complete. The SI has 9 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Shoplifting, 3.
Entitlement, 4. Peer Pressure, 5. Self-Esteem, 6. Impulsiveness, 7. Antisocial, 8. Alcohol and
9. Drugs. This is a unique shoplifter test. The SI evaluates motivation, attitude and need.
The 9 scales explore areas of inquiry considered necessary for adequately understanding shoplifters.
The Substance Abuse Questionnaire (SAQ) is an adult substance
(alcohol and other drugs) abuse assessment instrument or test that also assesses aggressiveness,
resistance and stress handling abilities. The SAQ has 153 items, takes 30 minutes to complete and
reports are available on-site within 2½ minutes of data entry. The SAQ has 6 scales (measures):
1. Truthfulness, 2. Alcohol, 3. Drugs, 4. Aggressiveness, 5. Resistance and 6. Stress Coping
Abilities. The SAQ is a concise, objective and standardized assessment instrument or test.
The SAQ-Adult Probation III is designed for adult (male and female)
probationer assessment. It takes 30 minutes to complete, and printed reports are available on-site
in 2½ minutes of data entry. The SAQ-Adult Probation III has 7 scales (measures): 1. Truthfulness,
2, Violence (Lethality), 3. Antisocial, 4. Aggressiveness, 5. Alcohol, 6. Drugs and 7. Stress
Coping Abilities. It has been standardized and normed on over 155,000 probationers. Returned
diskettes can be summarized on a state or department basis in annual summary reports, which are
provided free. The SAQ-Adult Probation III is a popular test with proven reliability, validity
and accuracy.
The SAQ-Short Form is a concise or shorter version of the SAQ-Adult
Probation III. The Short Form has 64 items and can be completed in 20 minutes. It has 4 scales
(measures): 1. Truthfulness, 2. Alcohol, 3. Drugs and 4. Risk. The SAQ-Short Form has been
standardized and normed on thousands of defendants and probationers. This test is brief and to the
point, yet provides important attitudinal and behavioral information. The Risk Scale measures the
defendant's/probationer's danger to self and others. The SAQ-Short Form is used in high volume
testing settings, with the reading impaired and as an alternative to the SAQ-Adult Probation III.
Designed for adult treatment intake assessment. The TII has 162 items
and takes 35 minutes to complete. The Treatment Intervention Inventory has 9 scales: 1. Truthfulness,
2. Anxiety, 3. Depression, 4. Distress, 5. Self-Esteem, 6. Family Issues, 7. Alcohol, 8. Drugs,
and 9. Stress Coping Abilities. The TII is appropriate for HMO's, EAP Programs, counseling intake
and chemical dependency treatment settings. The TII identifies problems that warrant referral,
intervention or treatment.
Designed for juvenile program (counseling, troubled youth, schools,
HMO's and chemical dependency) intake. The TII-Juvenile has 143 items and takes 25 to 30 minutes
to complete. It has 9 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Self-Esteem, 3. Family Issues, 4. Anxiety, 5.
Depression, 6. Distress, 7. Alcohol, 8. Drugs, and 9. Stress Coping Abilities. The TII-Juvenile
should be considered when selecting a program intake or screening instrument for troubled youth.
Designed for victim assessment. Victims of physical and mental abuse
or domestic violence represent the clients the VI is designed for. The VI has 147 items and takes
25 to 30 minutes to complete. The Victim Index has 8 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Distress, 3.
Morale, 4. Self-Esteem, 5. Resistance, 6. Substance Abuse, 7. Stress Coping Abilities and 8.
Suicide Ideation. The VI is different. It is designed to screen victims of physical and/or mental
abuse. The Victim Index (VI) is appropriate for adult male and female clients.
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will optimally meet your testing needs. Our staff is available to answer questions, at no cost,
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