General Information

The Adolescent Violence Survey is a self-report questionnaire completed by adolescents in their school classroom. It is recommended for the measurement of low to moderate level violent behaviors for the general population of students in middle school through the 12 grade. This is a 41 item instrument containing six violence subscales described below. All subscales have high internal consistency, high test-retest reliability, construct validity, and approximately normal distributions.

Number of Versions:	1
Version:	Adolescent Violence Survey
Author(s):	Paul M. Kingery
Date of Publication:	1998
Material(s) Needed for Test:	Instrument
Manual:	Not Available
Time to Administer:	30 minutes
Charge for one form or kit:	Yes

Purpose and Nature of Test

Construct(s) Measured:	Aggression, Violence, Victimization
Population for which designed:	Age Range: 12 through 18 years old Grade Level: Seventh Grade to High School Senior
Method of Administration:	Group and Individual
Source of Information:	Self
Subtests and Scores:	Common Violence, Inventive Violence, Passive Aggression, Impulsive Violence, Menacing Language, Severe Menacing
Number of Items:	41
Type of Scale:	Likert

Technical Evaluation

Norms: 

Sample Size:	1,374
Population:	Sample of students attending Fayette County, Kentucky middle schools.
Culture/ethnicity:	African-American, Caucasian
SES Level:	Not reported by author(s).

Reliability: 

Psychometric information:	Provided for Subscales.
The range of Test-Retest Value:	0.76 to 0.96
The range of Inter-rater reliability:	Not assessed
The range of Internal consistency:	0.72 to 0.92

Validity: 

Criterion validity data has not been presented or published in study.

Practical Evaluation

Scoring Procedure:	Manual Scoring
Examiner Qualifications and Training Required:	None
Permission Required to Use Instrument:	Yes
If yes, by whom:	Paul M. Kingery

Notes

Original Reference(s):

Kingery, P. M. (1998). The adolescent violence survey. School Psychology International, 19 (1), 43 - 59.

Contact

Name:	Beverly Glenn, Executive Director
Organization:	Hamilton Fish National Institute on School and Community Violence
Address:	1925 N. Lynn Street, #305
City:	Rosslyn
State:	VA
Zip:	22209
Phone:	(202) 496-2201
Fax:	(202) 496-6244
E-mail:	bglenn@gwu.edu
Website:	http://www.hamfish.org

Last updated by Violence Institute of New Jersey:  July 2006