FAVT™

Firestone Assessment of Violent Thoughts™

Purpose: Assesses the underlying thoughts that predispose violent behavior in adults ages 18 to 75 years (FAVT) and adolescents ages 11 to 18 years (FAVT-A)

Format: Paper and pencil, E-Manual

Age range: 11 years to 75 years

Time: 15 minutes

DETAILS:

Designed on the basic hypothesis that an individual’s thought process strongly influences his or her behavior, the FAVT measures different types of thoughts that have been found to predispose an individual to violent behavior.

Determine if violent individuals need to be separated from prospective targets

• Derived directly from clinical material gathered from violent individuals, FAVT items represent thoughts experienced prior to committing violent acts.

• FAVT items are organized into five levels (i.e., Paranoid/Suspicious, Persecuted Misfit, Self-Depreciating/Pseudo-Independent, Overtly Aggressive, Self-Aggrandizing) and two theoretical subscales (i.e., Instrumental/Proactive Violence, Hostile/Reactive Violence), allowing you to better understand the client and thus offer more targeted treatment.

• Data on two reference groups (i.e., Incarcerated, Anger Management) provide you with valuable information for making level-of-care/restriction decisions and for identifying the appropriate intervention intensity.