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The Perception of School Personnel Helping Scale (PSPHS)

The Perception of School Personnel Helping Scale (PSPHS) is a 9-item measure to assess the perception of students on the likelihood of school staff intervening in situations related to teen relationship abuse and sexual assault.

Categories

Geographies Tested: United States of America

Populations Included: Female, Male

Age Range: Adolescents

Items:

1. Staff would tell a group of boys calling a girl a “slut” to stop
2. Staff would physically intervene in a physical fight between couples
3. Staff would verbally tell a couple in a physical fight to stop
4. Staff would verbally tell a couple in a verbal fight to stop
5. Staff would talk to teens about getting help
6. Staff would take to teens about getting help
7. Staff would gossip to other teachers about what teens tell them
8. Staff would comfort a teen who is a victim of abuse
9. Staff would get help for a teen who is a victim of abuse

Response options:
Range from 1 (no school staff) to 4 (all school staff)

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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Formative Research

Qualitative Research

Existing Literature/Theoretical Framework

Field Expert Input

Cognitive Interviews / Pilot Testing

Reliability

Internal

Test-retest

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Validity

Content

Face

Criterion (gold-standard)

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Ease of Use

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