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Measuring
Violence-Related
Attitudes, Behaviors,
and Influences
Among Youths:
A Compendium of Assessment Tools
Second Edition

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This compendium of assessment tools is a publication of the
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control of the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Centers forDisease Control and Prevention
Julie L. Gerberding, MD, MPH, Director
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
Ileana Arias, PhD, Acting Director
Division of Violence Prevention
W. Rodney Hammond, PhD, Director

Graphic Design and Layout:
Jeffrey C. Justice
Cover Design:
Jeffrey C. Justice
Cover Photography:
Kid’s World, James Carroll—Artville, LLC, 1997

Suggested Citation:Dahlberg LL, Toal SB, Swahn M,
Behrens CB. Measuring Violence-Related Attitudes,
Behaviors, and Influences Among Youths: A Compendium of
Assessment Tools, 2nd ed., Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention
and Control, 2005.

Measuring
Violence-Related
Attitudes, Behaviors,
and Influences
Among Youths:
A Compendium of Assessment ToolsSecond Edition

Compiled and Edited by
Linda L. Dahlberg, PhD
Susan B. Toal, MPH
Monica H. Swahn, PhD
Christopher B. Behrens, MD

Division of Violence Prevention
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia
2005

Acknowledgments
In 1992 and 1993, the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention funded
15 evaluationprojects whose primary
goal was to identify interventions that
change violence-related attitudes,
beliefs and behaviors among children
and youths. The investigators and
program staff from these projects made
invaluable contributions to the field of
violence prevention and were
instrumental to the development of the
first edition of this compendium
published in 1998. Since that time,additional studies have been completed
which serve to further enrich our ability
to evaluate outcomes of violence
prevention efforts. There have also been
a number of longitudinal studies
conducted over the last two decades that
have greatly enhanced our
understanding of the factors that
increase and decrease the risk for youth
violence. We wish to acknowledge and
thank all individuals whohave
contributed measures to this
compendium and who have helped to
move the field of violence prevention
forward.

J. Lawrence Aber
Michael W. Arthur
Henry (Hank) Atha
Kris Bosworth
Richard Catalano
John Coie
Edward DeVos
Kenneth Dodge
Dennis D. Embry
Leonard Eron
Dorothy Espelage
Albert D. Farrell
David P. Farrington
Daniel J. Flannery
Robert L. Flewelling
Vangie A. Foshee
RoyM. Gabriel
Deborah Gorman-Smith
Nancy G. Guerra
Marshall Haskins
J. David Hawkins
David Henry
Tony Hopson
Arthur (Andy) M. Horne
Cynthia Hudley
L. Rowell Huesmann
Kenneth W. Jackson
Russell H. Jackson
Steven H. Kelder
Marvin D. Krohn
Molly Laird

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Gerry Landsberg
Jennifer Lansford
Linda Lausell-Bryant
Fletcher Linder
Alan J. Lizotte
Rolf Loeber
Christopher MaxwellAleta L. Meyer
Helen Nadel
Pamela Orpinas
Mallie J. Paschall
Pam K. Porter
David L. Rabiner
Christopher L. Ringwalt
Tom Roderick
Faith Samples
Robert J. Sampson
Michael Schoeny
John Slavik
Mark Spellmann
Carolyn A. Smith
David A. Stone
Magda Stouthamer-Loeber
Terence P. Thornberry
Patrick Tolan
Rick VanAcker
Welmoet B. Van Kammen
Alexander T. Vazsonyi
William H. Wiist

ContentsAcknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ii
How To Use This Compendium . . . . . . . . . . . .1
How This Compendium Is Organized
Choosing the Right Instrument
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Why Outcome Evaluations Are So Important
Components of Comprehensive Evaluations
Ten Steps for Conducting Outcome Evaluations
Future Considerations...