CAS: Composite Abuse Scale (Australia)
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Hegarty, K., Sheehan, M., & Schonfeld, C. (1999). A multidimensional definition of partner abuse: Development and preliminary validation of the composite abuse scale. Journal of Family Violence, 14(4), 399-415. Please see attached PDFs for source article citations for other instances of when instrument was used in Australia.
6-point Likert scale: (0) Never, (1) Daily, (2) Once per week, (3) Once per month, (4) Several times, (5) Only once
Please see attached PDFs for survey items for instances of when instrument was used in Australia.
Cronbach’s α= 90. Please see attached PDFs for specific reliability information for other instances of when instrument was used in Australia.
Face validity, Content validity, Convergent validity, and Criterion-related validity reported. Please see attached PDFs for specific validity information for other instances of when instrument was used in Australia.
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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:
Hegarty, K., Sheehan, M., & Schonfeld, C. (1999). A multidimensional definition of partner abuse: Development and preliminary validation of the composite abuse scale. Journal of Family Violence, 14(4), 399-415. Please see attached PDFs for source article citations for other instances of when instrument was used in Australia.
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.