Abuse Assessment Screen (AAS)
Date
1992
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Sage Publications
Abstract
Soeken, McFarlane, Parker, and Lominack developed the Abuse Assessment Screen (A.A.S.) in 1992 as a clinician-administered sexual and physical violence assessment tool for use in medical practice. A.A.S. includes five questions about the experience of abusive behavior, three of which encourage the respondent to identify who is committing/committed that abuse. In addition to these questions, A.A.S. includes a figure of the female body for respondents to ‘map’ injuries as they appeared on their bodies and score these injuries from one (threat of abuse) to six (wound from weapon). A.A.S. does not use inclusive language and is focused on male-on-female violence. A.A.S. is a public domain tool, and a 1998 validation study by the original authors of the tool found A.A.S. to be a reliable and valid instrument for screening abuse. (CVR Abstract)
Description
Cost: No
Training: Yes
Number of Items: 5
Training: Yes
Number of Items: 5
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Keywords
Domestic Violence, Assessment Tool, Purpose: Detection, Population: Adults, Domestic Violence, Abuse, Administration Method: Practitioner Interview, Administration Method: Practitioner Observed
Citation
Soeken, K. L., McFarlane, J., Parker, B., & Lominack, M. C. (1998). The Abuse Assessment Screen: A clinical instrument to measure frequency, severity, and perpetrator of abuse against women. In J. C. Campbell (Ed.), Sage series on violence against women. Empowering survivors of abuse: Health care for battered women and their children (pp. 195-203). Thousand Oaks, CA, US: Sage Publications, Inc.