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Accession Number
  61099
Title
  Headache Diary
Instrument Author
  Blanchard, E. B.;  Andrasik, F.
Source Code
  Secondary Source 
Source
   Blanchard, E. B., Nicholson, N. L., Taylor, A. E., Steffek, B. D.,   
 Radnitz, C. L., & Appelbaum, K. A. (1991). The role of regular home   
 practice in the relaxation treatment of tension headache. Journal of   
Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 59, 467-470. 
Descriptors
  Adult
  Adults
  Drug Therapy
  Headache
  Pain
  Pain Management
Language
 English
Notes Title
 Instrument appears untitled in Source--Title assigned by HaPI Staff.
References
  Blanchard, E.  B., & Andraski, F.  (1985).  Management of chronic
  headache: A psychological approach.  Elmsford, NY: Pergamon Press.
Analyst
  HaPI Staff.
Year
1991
Update Code
 200803

Accession Number
  17960
Title
  Past Feelings and Acts of Violence Scale.
Instrument Author
  Plutchik, Robert;  van Praag, Herman M.
Source Code
 Primary Source
Source
  Plutchik, R., & van Praag, H. M. (1990).  A self-report measure of
  violence risk, II.  Comprehensive Psychiatry, 31, 450-456.
Abstract
  The Past Feelings and Acts of Violence Scale (PFAV Scale) is
  designed  to measure respondents' risk of violence.  Items focus on
  feelings of  anger and acts of violence against others.  Respondents
  are asked  whether they have beaten strangers or members of their
  family,  whether they lose their temper easily, whether they carry
  and use  weapons, whether they have been arrested, and so forth.
  The PFAV is  a self-report questionnaire and contains 4-point
  Likert-type scales  ranging from "never" to "very often. " Sample
  items are: "Do you  find that you get angry for no reason at all?";
  "Have you ever hit or  attacked someone who is not a member of your
  family?"; and "Are  weapons easily accessible to you?" Also
  available is a longer 36-item  version, the Feelings and Acts of
  Violence Scale (FAV).
Descriptors
  Anger
  Crime
  Violence-Weapons
Language
 English
Number of Questions
  12.

References
  REFERENCES: Apter, A., Plutchik, R., Sevy, S., Korn, M., Brown, S.,
  & van Praag, H. (1989). Defense mechanisms in risk of suicide and
  risk of violence. American Journal of Psychiatry, 146, 1027-1031


  Plutchik, R., & van Praag, H. (1989). The measurement of
  suicidality, aggressivity and impulsivity. Progress
  Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 13, S23-S34


  Plutchik, R., van Praag, H. M., & Conte, Hope R. (1989). Correlates
  of suicide and violence risk: III. A two-stage model of
  countervailing forces. Psychiatry Research, 28, 215-225.
Analyst
  HaPI Staff.
Year
 1991
Update Code
 200803

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