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SAFE-T Screening Tool

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The SAFE-T Screening Tool is a 5-item tool used to screen for intimate partner violence using indirect questions

Purpose: Purpose: Screening/Identification
Number of Items: 5
Violence Mode: N/A
Population: Women
Language: English
Mode of Admin: Self-administered
Time Frame: N/A

Additional Details

Country: United States
Adaptations: N/A
Relationship Focus: Current romantic/dating partner
Setting: Clinical
Scoring Info: A positive screen is defined as any response of "strongly disagree (1)" or "disagree (2)" on one or more of the 5 indirect questions

Reference: Fulfer, J. L., Tyler, J. J., Choi, N. J., Young, J. A., Verhulst, S. J., Kovach, R., & Dorsey, J. K. (2007). Using indirect questions to detect intimate partner violence: The SAFE-T questionnaire. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 22(2), 238–249. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260506295814
Link: http://10.1177/0886260506295814

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