Violence Exposure Scale – Revised (VEX-R)
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1995
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Department of Health Development, University of Maryland
Abstract
The VEX-R uses cartoon style pictures of violence and can be used with preschool aged children. Children view eight pictures of Chris (male or female depending on the gender of the child) either witnessing or experiencing violence. Children were then asked how often they had experienced the same events that happened to Chris. This instrument was developed based on an exposure to violence scale for children by Richters and Martinez (1990). Their study used written descriptions of violence and was used with elementary school aged children. Families of children in a Head Start program were contacted and invited to participate in the study and one-hour interviews were conducted to screen families for inclusion. Two interviewers went to the home of eligible families. One interviewed the child and the other interviewed the child’s primary caregiver. Questions were asked about the child’s exposure to violence, behavior problems, symptoms of distress, and verbal achievement. (CVRL Abstract)
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survey, survey instrument, survey tool, Population: children, exposure to violence, child abuse, child neglect, child endangerment, intimate partner violence, witnessing violence, child discipline, child physical abuse, exposure to intimate partner violence, secondary victimization, vicarious victimization
Citation
Fox, N. A., & Leavitt, N. A. (1995). The violence exposure scale for children-VEX (preschool version). [Instrument]. College Park, MA: Department of Health Development, University of Maryland.