Instrument details

Instrument Title

SVAWS: Severity of Violence Against Women Scales

View PDF - SVAWS (1).pdf

Source Article

Marshall, L. L. (1992). Development of the severity of violence against women scales. Journal of family violence, 7(2), 103-121.

Response Options

Likert scale: 1 = never, 2 = once, 3 = a few times, 4 = many times

Survey Items

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Internal Reliability

Study 1: Cronbach’s α ranged from 0.92 to 0.96 Study 2: Cronbach’s α ranged from 0.89 to 0.96

Validity

Content Validity and Factor Structure

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Terms Of Use

Individuals may use this information for research or educational purposes only and may not use this information for commercial purposes. When using this instrument, please cite:

Marshall, L. L. (1992). Development of the severity of violence against women scales. Journal of family violence, 7(2), 103-121.

When presenting results using any survey information you obtained from the SABI, please acknowledge the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), an NIH funded program P30 AI50410.