Instrument details

Instrument Title

WEB: Women's Experience with Battering Scale (North America)

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Source Article

Smith, P. H., Earp, J., & DeVellis, R. (1995). Measuring battering: Developing the women’s experience with battering (WEB) scale. Women’s Health: Research on Gender, Behavior, and Policy, 1(4), 273-288. Please see attached PDFs for source article citations for other instances of when instrument was used in North America.

Response Options

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Survey Items

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Internal Reliability

Full sample Cronbach’s α= .99; Battered women Cronbach’s α= .93; Nonbattered women Cronbach’s α= .86. Please see attached PDFs for specific reliability information for other instances of when instrument was used in North America.

Validity

Content validity, Known-Group validity, Construct validity, and Discriminant validity were assessed. 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:

Smith, P. H., Earp, J., & DeVellis, R. (1995). Measuring battering: Developing the women’s experience with battering (WEB) scale. Women’s Health: Research on Gender, Behavior, and Policy, 1(4), 273-288. 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.