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Searching for a test that will meet your needs can be frustrating and time
consuming. This site is for people interested in testing and lists around 40
automated (computer scored) assessment instruments or tests offered by Behavior
Data Systems (BDS) and on our internet (online) testing platform
www.online-testing.com.
All of these tests have a built-in "Truthfulness Scale", to determine how
truthful the client was while being tested. These Truthfulness Scales identify
denial and measure problem minimization as well as attempts to "fake good".
Each test also has an Alcohol Scale and Drugs Scale to measure the severity of
substance use and when appropriate abuse. This enables evaluators to match
problem severity with treatment intensity - an important factor for
treatment effectiveness.
All tests are available in English and Spanish. Each test is designed for well
defined client, patient, defendant, probation and/or corrections groups. This
means that each test contains scales (measures) unique to the client population
that test was designed for. And all of these tests have impressive reliability,
validity and accuracy.
More in depth test information is available on BDS's website
www.bdsltd.com. Many of these tests are also
available on BDS's internet (online) testing platform
www.online-testing.com.For cost information, click on
this
COST
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TESTS ALPHABETICALLY LISTED
BDS tests are alphabetically listed with a brief descriptive statement. Each
tests name is a link to that tests webpage on BDS's website
www.bdsltd.com.
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Adolescent Chemical
Dependency Inventory (ACDI).
The Adolescent Chemical Dependency Inventory (ACDI) is a short non-offensive
self-report test that obtains a lot of important information quickly. The ACDI
assesses troubled youth in schools, counseling and treatment settings. The ACDI
has 105 items and takes 15 to 20 minutes to complete. It has five scales
(measures): 1. Truthfulness Scale, 2. Adjustment Scale, 3. Distress Scale, 4.
Alcohol Scale and 5. Drugs Scale. Specific intervention, counseling and
treatment recommendations are provided.
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ACDI-Corrections
Version II. Designed for
school, juvenile court and juvenile probation department use. Version II has a
Violence (Lethality) Scale. Version II has 140 items and takes 25 to 30 minutes
to complete. Version II has 7 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Violence (Lethality),
3. Adjustment, 4. Stress Coping Abilities, 5. Distress, 6. Alcohol, and 7.
Drugs. Specific attained score-related intervention, treatment and probation
recommendations are made for each of these scales. If you are looking for a
juvenile (male and female) assessment instrument that includes violence
(lethality), we recommend you consider the ACDI-Corrections Version II.
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Defendant
Questionnaire (DQ). Designed for
adult (male and female) court-related defendant assessment. It is appropriate
for Drug Courts and general court populations. It is appropriate for
misdemeanor and felony cases. The DQ has 162 items and takes 35 minutes to
complete. It has 7 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Violence (Lethality), 3.
Antisocial, 4. Alcohol, 5. Drugs, 6. Substance Abuse/Dependency and 7. Stress
Coping Abilities Scale. Substance Abuse/Dependency is classified in terms of
DSM-IV criteria, while the DQ also measures the severity of alcohol and drug
use. And, the DQ incorporates ASAM compatible treatment recommendations.
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Domestic Violence
Inventory (DVI). For domestic
violence offender assessment. The DVI evaluates lethality, control issues,
substance abuse and much more. It has 155 items and takes 30 minutes to
complete. The DVI has six scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Violence (Lethality), 3.
Control, 4. Alcohol, 5. Drugs, and 6. Stress Coping Abilities. The Truthfulness
Scale detects denial, deception and faking. The DVI is a popular and widely
used adult domestic violence perpetrator assessment instrument.
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DVI-Juvenile.
Designed for evaluating juveniles (15 to 18 years)
accused or convicted of domestic violence. The DVI-Juvenile has 149 items and
takes 30 to 35 minutes to complete. The DVI-Juvenile has 6 scales: 1.
Truthfulness, 2. Violence (Lethality), 3. Control, 4. Alcohol, 5. Drugs, and 6.
Stress Coping Abilities. In addition to Truthfulness, Alcohol and Drugs, this
test has a Violence (Lethality) Scale, Control Scale and Stress Coping
Abilities Scale. A popular test for juvenile domestic violence caseloads and
counseling programs.
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DVI Pre-Post.
For measuring domestic violence treatment outcome. The
same test is given before and after treatment. Upon posttest it compares
pre-post test results in a DVI Pre-Post report. It has 147 items and takes 30
minutes to complete. The DVI Pre-Post has six scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2.
Violence (Lethality), 3. Control, 4. Alcohol, 5. Drugs, and 6. Stress Coping
Abilities. Although this test evolved from the DVI, it objectively compares
pretest and posttest scores. It is one of a few tests that provides an outcome
measure. If you want to know if domestic violence treatment was effective, we
recommend you consider the DVI Pre-Post.
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DVI-Short Form.
The DVI-Short Form is a brief, easily administered and
automated (computer-scored) adult domestic violence test. It has 76 items and
takes 20 minutes to complete. The Short Form has 6 scales (measures): 1.
Truthfulness Scale, 2. Violence (Lethality) Scale, 3. Control Scale, 4. Alcohol
Scale, 5. Drugs Scale and 6. Stress Coping Abilities Scale. The DVI-Short Form
assesses attitudes and behaviors important in domestic violence offender
evaluation. The DVI-Short Form is appropriate for reading impaired assessment
and high volume testing programs. The DVI-Short Form is a popular domestic
violence offender assessment instrument or test.
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Driver Impairment Index (DII).
The Driver Impairment Index was designed specifically for California DUI
providers. It has 3 scales (measures): 1. Truthfulness Scale, 2. Alcohol Scale
and 3. Drugs Scale. The DII consists of 64 items, takes 9 or 10 minutes to
complete, and can be administered individually or in groups. DII's can be given
in paper-pencil test booklet format or on the computer screen. Regardless of
how administered, all DII tests are scored over the internet with scored
reports printed on-site within 3 minutes. This test is reliable, valid and
accurate. DII tests are readily available (24/7) over the internet at
www.driver-impairment-index.com, where descriptive information,
research and an example report are available for review. Also available is the
DII-Dr which includes a Driver Risk Scale.
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Driver Inventory
(DI). The Driver Inventory (DI) is a driver risk test that does not
include alcohol or drugs scales. The DI has 124 items and takes 15 to 20
minutes to complete. The Driver Inventory has 5 scales (measures): 1.
Truthfulness Scale, 2. Aggressiveness Scale, 3. Self-Rating, 4. Stress Coping
Scale and 5. Driver Risk Scale. If you want a driver risk assessment instrument
or test that does not have an alcohol or drugs scale, we recommend the Driver
Inventory (DI). The DI is designed to be different. It is deliberately short.
The DI is non-introversive and does not elicit defensiveness or anger. And the
DI is comprehensive as its scales represent important areas of inquiry.
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Driver Risk
Inventory-II (DRI-II).
For DUI/DWI offender assessment. It has 140 items and takes 25 to 30 minutes to
complete. The DRI-II has six scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Alcohol, 3. Drugs, 4.
Substance Abuse/Dependency, 5. Driver Risk, and 6. Stress Coping Abilities.
Incorporates DSM-IV classification criteria with independent measures of
alcohol and drug abuse severity. Standardized on over one million DUI/DWI
offenders. Rated the best by NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration) the highest federal authority in the DUI field. This is a
popular DUI/DWI offender assessment instrument or test.
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DRI-II Short
Form. Designed for use in high volume
assessment settings or as an alternative test for reading impaired drivers. The
SHORT FORM has 73 items and takes 15 to 20 minutes to complete. Largely because
of its brevity, the DRI-II SHORT FORM can be read to a client or group in 20
minutes. The SHORT FORM has 5 scales: 1. Truthfulness Scale, 2. Alcohol Scale,
3. Drugs Scale, 4. Driver Risk Scale and 5. Substance Abuse/Dependency Scale.
The Substance Abuse/Dependency Scale utilizes DSM-IV criteria for abuse and
dependency classification. The Alcohol Scale and Drugs Scale measure severity
of abuse. This is a SHORT FORM of the DRI-II.
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Employee Review
(ER). The Employee Review (ER) is a 126 item self-report screening
instrument or test that takes around 20 to 25 minutes to complete. Scored and
printed reports are available within 3 minutes. The ER is based upon the
premise that good employees are worth retaining - even when employment
obstacles or problems emerge. The Employee Review (ER) is designed for use in
Personnel Departments, Human Resources Departments, Employee Assistance
Programs (EAP), and Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO). It can serve as an
objective second opinion. The ER is a non-confrontational method for screening
successful employment barriers. Employee Review scales include: 1.
Truthfulness, 2. Employee Orientation, 3. Stress Management, 4. Alcohol, and 5.
Drugs. For more Employee Review (ER) information and to review an example
report, visit www.employee-reviewer.com.
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Gambler Addiction
Index (GAI).
Designed for gambler assessment. It has 166 items and takes 35 minutes to
complete. The Gambler Addiction Index has 7 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2.
Gambling, 3. Suicide, 4. Attitude, 5. Alcohol, 6. Drugs, and 7. Stress Coping
Abilities. Within 3 minutes after test completion, the GAI prints a
comprehensive report. The GAI assesses important "gambler" attitudes and
behaviors. It is estimated there are over 12 million problematic gamblers in
the United States.
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Juvenile Presentence
Evaluation (JPE).
The Juvenile Presentence Evaluation (JPE) is designed specifically for juvenile
(male and female) presentence evaluation. It has 159 items and takes 35 minutes
to complete. The JPE has 9 scales (measures): 1. Truthfulness, 2. Suicide, 3.
Resistance, 4. Self-Esteem, 5. Violence (Lethality), 6. Alcohol, 7. Drugs, 8.
Distress and 9. Stress Coping Abilities. The JPE is much more than just another
alcohol or drug test; consequently, it measures many important behaviors missed
by many other juvenile tests. This type of information helps in deciding upon
probation, alternatives to incarceration, and treatment.
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Juvenile
Substance Abuse Profile
(JSAP). Designed for school systems, juvenile screening programs and
troubled youth treatment agencies. The JSAP has 116 items and takes 20 minutes
to complete. The Juvenile Substance Abuse Profile has 5 scales: 1. Truthfulness
Scale, 2. Aggressiveness Scale, 3. Alcohol Scale, 4. Drugs Scale, and 5. Stress
Coping Abilities Scale. This is a fast way to screen juveniles in a
non-introversive manner. Extreme aggressiveness can spillover into violence.
Greatly impaired stress coping abilities identify existing emotional and mental
health problems. This is a brief yet comprehensive and standardized self-report
test.
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Offender Assessment
Index (OAI).
This assessment is an adult court test that is
appropriate for evaluating misdemeanor and felony defendants, both male and
female. The OAI has 158 items and takes 30 minutes to complete. The OAI's 7
scales (measures) include: Truthfulness, Violence, Alcohol, Stress Coping
Abilities, Drugs, Substance Abuse/Dependency, and Resistance. The
Offender Assessment Index scales measure important offender attitudinal
(resistance), problem (alcohol/drugs) and behavioral (violence) areas of
inquiry. The OAI classifies substance abuse with DSM-IV criteria, while
concurrently measuring alcohol and drug abuse severity.
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Parolee Inventory
(PI). Designed for parolee assessment. The PI has 135 items and takes 30
to 35 minutes to complete. The PI has 8 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Violence
(Lethality), 3. Antisocial, 4. Distress, 5. Self-Esteem, 6. Alcohol, 7. Drugs,
and 8. Stress Coping Abilities. The Parolee Inventory is an objective,
comprehensive and standardized screening instrument that examines important
attitudes and behaviors. The PI provides an objective on-site second opinion in
a timely manner.
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Pre-Post Inventory.
Designed for objective pretest-posttest outcome
comparison. This is a counseling or treatment outcome measure. It has 148 items
and takes 30 minutes to complete. The Pre-Post Inventory has 7 scales: 1.
Truthfulness, 2. Self-Esteem, 3. Resistance, 4. Distress, 5. Alcohol, 6. Drugs,
and 7. Stress Coping Abilities. The Pre-Post Inventory provides an objective
outcome measure for evaluating intervention, counseling or treatment
effectiveness. Adult and juvenile versions are available.
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Pre-Post Inventory -
Juvenile (PPI-J). The Pre-Post
Inventory - Juvenile is an objective pretreatment-posttreatment outcome
comparison test. The same test is administered twice (before and after
treatment) and the computer compares both test administration answers and
presents these findings in a printed report. The Pre-Post Inventory - Juvenile
has 148 items and takes 30 minutes to complete. It has 7 scales (measures): 1.
Truthfulness Scale, 2. Self-Esteem Scale, 3. Resistance Scale, 4. Distress
Scale, 5. Alcohol Scale, 6. Drugs Scale, and 7. Stress Coping Abilities. The
Pre-Post Inventory report is an outcome measure on the effectiveness of
intervention, counseling or treatment services. The Pretest serves as a
baseline for Posttest comparison.
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Prison Inmate
Inventory (PII).
Designed for prison inmate (male and female) assessment. The PII has 161 items
and takes 35 to 40 minutes to complete. The PII has 10 scales: 1. Truthfulness,
2. Violence (Lethality), 3. Antisocial, 4. Adjustment, 5. Self-Esteem, 6.
Judgment, 7. Distress, 8. Alcohol, 9. Drugs and 10. Stress Coping Abilities.
The PII is standardized on over forty thousand prison inmates. Reports contain
specific score-related recommendations that are applicable to levels of
supervision and treatment needs. The PII is a popular prison inmate assessment
instrument or test.
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Reinstatement Review
Inventory (RRI). Designed for
screening applicants applying for reinstatement of their driver's license.
These applicants have had their driver's license suspended or revoked. The RRI
has 124 items and takes 25 minutes to complete. The RRI has 6 scales: 1.
Truthfulness, 2. Road Rage, 3. Alcohol, 4. Drugs, 5. Comparative Change, and 6.
Intervention Checklist. The RRI explores the question, "Has the applicant
changed since their driver's license was suspended or revoked?" a second
version of the RRI was developed and is called the RRI-II.
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Reinstatement
Review Inventory-II (RRI-II).
The RRI-II is another approach to screening applicants applying for
reinstatement of their driver's license. These applicants have had their
driver's license suspended or revoked. The RRI-II has 6 scales: 1.
Truthfulness, 2. Stress Coping Abilities, 3. Alcohol, 4. Drugs, 5. Comparative
Change, and 6. Intervention Checklist. The RRI-II replaced the RRI's Road Rage
Scale with its Stress Coping Abilities Scale. The RRI-II explores the question,
"Has the applicant changed since their driver's license was suspended or
revoked?"
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Self-Assessment
Index (SAI).
Designed for welfare recipient screening in welfare-to-work programs. It has
103 items and takes 20 minutes to complete. The Self-Assessment Index has 5
scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Work Index, 3. Alcohol, 4. Drugs, and 5. Stress
Coping Abilities. This test screens substance (alcohol and drugs) abuse, work
attitudes, motivation and stress coping -- important attitudes and behaviors
for understanding welfare-to-work participants. Test results can be used to
coordinate intervention, treatment and vocational rehabilitation services.
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Self-Audit
(SA). The Self-Audit (SA) is designed for adult (male and female)
counseling and treatment program intake. The SA can also be used in HMO's, EAP
programs, courts, probation and community corrections. The SA has 160 items and
takes 30 to 35 minutes to complete. It contains 9 scales (measures): 1.
Truthfulness, 2. Distress, 3. Resistance, 4. Morale, 5. Violence, 6. Alcohol,
7. Drugs, 8. Self-Esteem and 9. Stress Coping Abilities. The Self-Audit differs
from the Victim Index in that the SA contains a Violence (Lethality) and
individual Alcohol and Drugs Scales. The SA was developed in response to
evaluators' requests.
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Sexual Adjustment
Inventory
(SAI). Designed for identifying sexual
deviance and paraphilias in persons accused or convicted of sex offenses. The
SAI has 225 items and takes 45 minutes to an hour to complete. The SAI has 13
scales: 1. Test Item Truthfulness, 2. Sex Item Truthfulness, 3. Sexual
Adjustment, 4. Child Molest, 5. Sexual (Rape) Assault, 6. Exhibitionism, 7.
Incest Classification, 8. Violence (Lethality), 9. Antisocial, 10. Distress,
11. Impulsiveness, 12. Alcohol, and 13. Drugs. Many sex offenders try to
minimize their problems, which emphasizes the importance of the two SAI
truthfulness scales, while underscoring the value of Truth-Corrected scores,
which are more accurate than raw scores. The SAI is standardized on thousands
of sex offenders. It has proven to be a reliable, valid, accurate and objective
sex offender assessment instrument or test. State-of-the-art.
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SAI-Juvenile.
Designed for evaluating juveniles (12 to 18 years)
accused or convicted of sexual offenses. The SAI-Juvenile has 230 items
and takes an hour to complete. The SAI-Juvenile has 13 scales: 1. Test Item
Truthfulness, 2. Sex Item Truthfulness, 3. Child Molest, 4. Sexual (Rape)
Assault, 5. Incest Classification, 6. Exhibitionism, 7. Sexual Adjustment, 8.
Violence (Lethality), 9. Antisocial, 10. Distress, 11. Alcohol, 12. Drugs and
13. Impulsiveness. The adult SAI was modified for juveniles. When selecting a
test for evaluating juveniles accused or convicted of sexual offenses, we
recommend you consider this reliable, valid and accurate test.
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Shoplifting
Inventory (SI).
Designed for shoplifting offender assessment. The SI has 185 items and takes 45
minutes to complete. The SI has 9 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Shoplifting, 3.
Entitlement, 4. Peer Pressure, 5. Self-Esteem, 6. Impulsiveness, 7. Antisocial,
8. Alcohol and 9. Drugs. This is a unique shoplifter test. The SI evaluates
motivation, attitude and need. The 9 scales explore areas of inquiry considered
necessary for adequately understanding shoplifters.
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Substance Abuse
Questionnaire
(SAQ). The Substance Abuse Questionnaire (SAQ)
is an adult substance (alcohol and other drugs) abuse assessment instrument or
test that also assesses aggressiveness, resistance and stress handling
abilities. The SAQ has 153 items, takes 30 minutes to complete and reports are
available on-site within 2½ minutes of data entry. The SAQ has 6 scales
(measures): 1. Truthfulness, 2. Alcohol, 3. Drugs, 4. Aggressiveness, 5.
Resistance and 6. Stress Coping Abilities. The SAQ is a concise, objective and
standardized assessment instrument or test.
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SAQ-Adult
Probation III. The SAQ-Adult
Probation III is designed for adult (male and female) probationer assessment.
It takes 30 minutes to complete, and printed reports are available on-site in
2½ minutes of data entry. The SAQ-Adult Probation III has 7 scales (measures):
1. Truthfulness, 2, Violence (Lethality), 3. Antisocial, 4. Aggressiveness, 5.
Alcohol, 6. Drugs and 7. Stress Coping Abilities. It has been Administered to over 189,000 probationers and is appropiate for misdemeanor and felony assessment. Returned diskettes can be summarized on a
state or department basis in annual summary reports, which are provided free.
The SAQ-Adult Probation III is a popular test with proven reliability, validity
and accuracy.
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SAQ-Short Form.
The SAQ-Short Form is a concise or shorter version of the
SAQ-Adult Probation III. The Short Form has 64 items and can be completed in 20
minutes. It has 4 scales (measures): 1. Truthfulness, 2. Alcohol, 3. Drugs and
4. Risk Scales. The SAQ-Short Form has been standardized and normed on
thousands of defendants and probationers. This test is brief and to the point,
yet provides important attitudinal and behavioral information. The Risk Scale
measures the defendant's/probationer's danger to self and others. The SAQ-Short
Form is used in high volume testing settings, with the reading impaired and as
an alternative to the SAQ-Adult Probation III.
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Suicide
Evaluation (SE).
The Suicide Evaluation is designed to help identify suicidal individuals.
Suicide Evaluation focuses on identifying people that are at risk of taking
their own lives. It is a reliable, valid and accurate suicide screening
instrument or test. It has 142 items and takes 25 to 30 minutes to complete.
The 6 test scales include: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Alcohol, 3. Depression, 4.
Drugs, 5. Suicide, 6. Stress Coping Abilities. The Suicide Evaluation test
assists mental health professionals, courts, probation departments, counseling
and treatment programs to incorporate suicide risk assessment into their
client, patient and offender screening programs. Suicide screening is too
important not to be included in intake screening procedures.
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Treatment
Intervention Inventory
(TII). Designed for adult treatment intake assessment. The
TII has 162 items and takes 35 minutes to complete. The Treatment Intervention
Inventory has 9 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Anxiety, 3. Depression, 4.
Distress, 5. Self-Esteem, 6. Family Issues, 7. Alcohol, 8. Drugs, and 9. Stress
Coping Abilities. The TII is appropriate for HMO's, EAP Programs, counseling
intake and chemical dependency treatment settings. The TII identifies problems
that warrant referral, intervention or treatment.
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TII-Juvenile.
Designed for juvenile program (counseling, troubled
youth, schools, HMO's and chemical dependency) intake. The TII-Juvenile has 143
items and takes 25 to 30 minutes to complete. It has 9 scales: 1. Truthfulness,
2. Self-Esteem, 3. Family Issues, 4. Anxiety, 5. Depression, 6. Distress, 7.
Alcohol, 8. Drugs, and 9. Stress Coping Abilities. The TII-Juvenile should be
considered when selecting a program intake or screening instrument for troubled
youth.
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Veteran Information Profile (VIP).
The Veteran Information Profile (VIP) is a post-deployment screening
instrument or civilian reintegration test that was designed for evaluators that
counsel or assess veterans. The Veteran Information Profile or VIP incorporates
eight veteran post-deployment scales (areas of inquiry): 1. Truthfulness, 2.
Civilian Reintegration, 3. Self-Esteem, 4. Depression, 5. PTSD, 6. Suicide, 7.
Alcohol, and 8. Drugs. The VIP is a 163-item self-report test that takes around
30 minutes to complete. The VIP can be given on the computer or in paper-pencil
test booklet format, which enables group testing. Regardless of how VIP tests
are administered, all tests are scored online with reports scored and printed
within 3 minutes of test data entry. VIP tests are conveniently accessible
(24/7) and affordable. For more VIP information and to review an example VIP
report visit www.Veteran-Profile.com.
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Victim Index
(VI). Designed for victim assessment. Victims of physical and
mental abuse or domestic violence represent the clients the VI is designed for.
The VI has 147 items and takes 25 to 30 minutes to complete. The Victim Index
has 8 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Distress, 3. Morale, 4. Self-Esteem, 5.
Resistance, 6. Substance Abuse, 7. Stress Coping Abilities and 8. Suicide
Ideation. The VI is different. It is designed to screen victims of physical
and/or mental abuse. The Victim Index (VI) is appropriate for adult male and
female clients. The Victim Index (VI) differs from the Self-Audit (SA) in
that the VI does not have a Violence (Lethality) Scale.
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