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Instrument Title

ABI-R: Abusive Behavior Inventory - Revised

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Source Article

Postmus, J., Stylianou, M., & McMahon, S. (2016). The Abuse Behavior Inventory - Revised. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 31(17): 2867-2888

Response Options

5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (very often)

Survey Items

Psychological Abuse

  1. Called you a name and/or criticized you
  2. Gave you angry stares or looks
  3. Put down your family and friends
  4. Tried to keep you from doing something you wanted to do
  5. Ended a discussion with you and made the decision himself
  6. Accused you of paying too much attention to someone or something else
  7. Checked up on you
  8. Told you that you were a bad person
  9. Said things to scare you
  10. Prevented you from having money for your own use
  11. Refused to do housework or child care
  12. Became very upset with you because diner, housework, or laundry was not ready when he wanted it or done the way he thought it should be
  13. Made you do something humiliating or degrading
Physical Abuse
  1. Threatened to hit or throw something at you
  2. Threw, hit, kicked, or smashed something
  3. Threaten you with a knife, gun, or other weapon
  4. Pushed, grabbed, or shoved you
  5. Slapped, hit, or punched you
  6. Threw you around
  7. Choked or Strangled you
  8. Kicked you
  9. Used a knife, gun, or other weapon against you
Sexual Abuse
  1. Pressed you to have sex in a way that you didn’t like
  2. Physically forced you to have sex
  3. Physically attacked the sexual parts of your body

Internal Reliability

Cronbach’s α = 0.95

Validity

Content Validity and Factor Structure

Google Scholar

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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:

Postmus, J., Stylianou, M., & McMahon, S. (2016). The Abuse Behavior Inventory - Revised. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 31(17): 2867-2888

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.