Instrument details

Instrument Title

ABI: Abuse Behavior Inventory (North America)

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View PDF - ABI_English_Shepard.pdf

Source Article

Shepard, M. & Campbell, J. (1992). The Abuse Behavior Inventory: A Measure of Psychological and Physical Abuse. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 7(3): 291-305 Please see attached PDFs for source article citations for other instances of when instrument was used in North America..

Response Options

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

Survey Items

Please see attached PDFs for survey items.

Internal Reliability

Cronbach’s α ranged from 0.76 to 0.92. Please see attached PDFs for specific reliability information for other instances of when instrument was used in North America.

Validity

Convergent, Discriminant, and Criterion Validity reported along with Structure Factor. Please see attached PDFs for specific validity information for other instances of when instrument was used in North America.

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:

Shepard, M. & Campbell, J. (1992). The Abuse Behavior Inventory: A Measure of Psychological and Physical Abuse. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 7(3): 291-305 Please see attached PDFs for source article citations for other instances of when instrument was used in North America..

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.