Re: severity rating

["AMY SLEP" <amyslep@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We have done a reliability study on a maltreatment severity rating 
grid used by Family Advocacy in the Air Force. The grid provides 
criteria for rating the severity (none, mild, moderate, severe, fatal) of 
7 types of maltreatment (child neglect and physical, emotional, and 
sexual abuse, partner physical, emotional, and sexual abuse). It's 
designed for use by caseworkers. We have a manuscript showing 
it reliably applied to case records. Let me know if you would like a 
copy.
-Amy Slep and Rick Heyman

Date sent:      	Thu, 08 Feb 2001 09:28:06 -0600
To:             	Child Maltreatment Researchers   <CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu>
From:           	Connie Horton <cbhorto@ilstu.edu>
Subject:        	severity rating
Send reply to:  	CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu

> Colleagues---
> 
> As part of planning a study which involves extensive CPS record
> reviews, I am looking for input on how to rate the severity of
> maltreatment history. Given the breadth of the study and the length of
> the measure for the caseworker to complete, we do not have the luxury
> of coming up with a 20 item scale for each form of maltreatment, but
> want to go beyond simply "yes" and "no" for the four forms we are
> interested in
>  neglect
>  sexual abuse
>  physical abuse
>  exposure to domestic violence
> Could somebody recommend (and/or provide a cite) for a measure which
> provides a method of relatively succinctly determining, for each form
> of maltreatment, whether the experience was mild, moderate, severe (or
> some similar continuum)?  
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Connie Burrows Horton, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor of Psychology
> Illinois State University
> 



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Amy M. Smith Slep, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Research Assistant Professor
SUNY Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY 11794-2500
amyslep@psych1.psy.sunysb.edu
(631)632-9346 (phone)
(631)632-7876 (fax)