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The Perceptions of Peer Helping Scale (PPHS)

The Perceptions of Peer Helping Scale (PPHS) is a 3-item scale created to assess students’ perceptions of their peers’ attitudes toward helping in situations related to relationship abuse and sexual assault.

Categories

Geographies Tested: United States of America

Populations Included: Female, Male

Age Range: Adolescents

Items:

1. Students at my school know a lot about SA & relationship abuse
2. It’s important to students to stop relationship abuse & SA
3. Students at my school think it’s important to help

Response options:
Range from 1 (disagree strongly) to 4 (agree strongly)

Scoring Procedures

Not Available

Original Citation

Edwards, K. M., Banyard, V. L., Sessarego, S. N., Stanley, L. R., Mitchell, K. J., Eckstein, R. P., Rodenhizer, K. A. E., & Leyva, P. C. (2018). Measurement tools to assess relationship abuse and sexual assault prevention program effectiveness among youth. Psychology of Violence, 8(5), 537-545. https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000151


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Ease of Use Score

Scoring breakdown

Formative Research

Qualitative Research

Existing Literature/Theoretical Framework

Field Expert Input

Cognitive Interviews / Pilot Testing

Reliability

Internal

Test-retest

Interrater

Validity

Content

Face

Criterion (gold-standard)

Construct

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Ease of Use

Readability

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