Instrument details

Instrument Title

PMWI: Psychological Maltreatment of Women Inventory (North America)

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Source Article

Tolman, R. M. (1989). The development of a measure of psychological maltreatment of women by their male partners. Violence and Victims, 4(3), 159-177. Please see attached PDFs for source article citations for other instances of when instrument was used in North America.

Response Options

(0) Never, (1) Rarely, (2) Sometimes, (3) Frequently, (4) Very frequently

Survey Items

Please see attached PDFs for survey items for instances of when instrument was used in North America.

Internal Reliability

Women: Domination-isolation: Cronbach’s α= .94; Emotional-verbal: Cronbach’s α= .92. Men: Domination-isolation: Cronbach’s α= .90; Emotional-verbal: Cronbach’s α= .93. Please see attached PDFs for specific reliability information for other instances of when instrument was used in North America.

Validity

Content validity reported. Please see attached PDFs for specific validity information for other instances of when instrument was used in North America.

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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:

Tolman, R. M. (1989). The development of a measure of psychological maltreatment of women by their male partners. Violence and Victims, 4(3), 159-177. 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.