Table 1.

The KIVS scores grouped into three levels of exposure

The KIVS score	The KIVS statements	Classification in current study
0	No violence.
1	Occasional slaps. Fights in school, of no great significance.	Low
2	Bullied occasionally for short period(s). Occasionally exposed to corporal punishment.	Medium high
3	Often bullied. Frequently exposed to corporal punishment. Beaten by drunken parent.
4	Bullied throughout childhood. Battered/beaten up by schoolmates. Regularly beaten by parent or other adult. Beaten with objects. Sexually abused.	High
5	Repeated exposure to violence at home or in school that resulted at least once in serious bodily harm. Repeated sexual abuse, or sexual abuse that resulted in bodily harm.