Words Can Harm Scale
10-item scale measuring belief in the potential for speech and written words to cause lasting psychological harm.
Purpose
Self-report research instrument, reproduced here under an open license for non-diagnostic educational, research, and self-reflection use.
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Administration
Self-Administered
Intended Use
Research
Limitations: Imported from the OpenScales open item-bank project. This specific digital implementation has not been independently clinically validated by PsiQ — scores are for self-reflection, research, and educational purposes only.
License: CC BY 4.0. Citation: Lovett & Bhatt (2025), Words Can Harm Scale, PsyArXiv.
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