How wrong do your parents feel it would be for you to …
1. Steal anything worth more than $5?
2. Draw graffiti‚ or write things or draw pictures on buildings or other property (without the owner’s permission)?
3. Pick a fight with someone?
- Antisocial behavior
- High risk behavior
This instrument can be found on page 303 of Measuring Violence-Related Attitudes‚ Behaviors‚ and Influences Among Youths: A Compendium of Assessment Tools‚ available online at: http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/YV_Compendium.pdf
Point values are assigned as follows:
Very wrong = 4
Wrong = 3
A little bit wrong = 2
Not wrong at all = 1
Point values are summed and then divided by the total number of items. Higher scores indicate greater parental concern about antisocial behavior.
Arthur MW‚ Hawkins JD‚ Pollard JA‚ Catalano RF‚ Baglioni AJ. Measuring risk and protective factors for substance use‚ delinquency‚ and other adolescent problem behaviors: the communities That Care Youth Survey. Evaluation Review 2002;26(6):575- 601.