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The Risk-Taking and Self-Harm Inventory for Adolescents (RTSHIA)

Title of the Portuguese Version

Inventário de Comportamentos de Risco e Auto-dano para Adolescentes

Original Version

Vrouva, I., Fonagy, P., Fearon, P. R. M., & Roussow, T. (2010)

Portuguese Version

Xavier, A., Cunha, M., & Pinto-Gouveia, J. (2011)

General Description

The RTSHIA is a self-report questionnaire that assesses simultaneously risk-taking and self-harm behaviors. This questionnaire includes two subscales assessing separately risk-taking behaviors and self-injurious behaviors. The items contain the word intentionally, or end with the phrase to hurt yourself or to hurt or punish yourself and are rated on a 4-point scale (0 = never; 3 = many times), referring to the lifelong history.

References

  • Vrouva, I., Fonagy, P., Fearon, P. R. M., & Roussow, T. (2010). The Risk-taking and Self-harm Inventory for Adolescents: Development and psychometric evaluation. Psychological Assessment, 22, 852-865. doi:10.1037/a0020583

  • Xavier, A., Cunha, M., & Pinto-Gouveia, J. (in press). Validation of the Risk-taking and Self-harm Inventory for Adolescents in a Portuguese community sample. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development.

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