Instrument details

announcement
Instrument Title

WHO VAW: World Health Organization Violence Against Women (Europe)

View PDF - WHO_VAW_Men_Swedish_Nybergh.pdf

View PDF - WHO_VAW_Women_Swedish_Nybergh.pdf

Source Article

Nybergh, L., Taft, C., & Krantz, G. (2012). Psychometric properties of the WHO Violence Against Women instrument in a male population-based sample in Sweden. BMJ open, 2(6), e002055. Please see attached PDFs for source article citations for other instances of when instrument was used in Europe.

Response Options

Yes/No

Survey Items

Psychological Violence:

  1. Insulted me in a way that made me feel bad about myself
  2. Belittled and humiliated me in front of other people
  3. Tried to scare and intimidate me on purpose (eg, by the way he/she looked at you, by yelling or smashing things)
  4. Threatened to hurt me or someone I care about
Physical Violence:
  1. Pushed or shoved me
  2. Thrown something at me that could have hurt me
  3. Hit me with his/her fist or with some other object that could have hurt me
  4. Kicked and dragged me and beat me up
  5. Choked me or burnt me on purpose
  6. Hurt me with a knife, a gun or some other weapon
Sexual Violence:
  1. Demanded to have sex with me even though I did not want to (but did not use physical force)
  2. Forced me to have sex against my will by using his/her physical strength (by hitting, holding me firmly or threatening me with a weapon)
  3. Forced me to perform sexual acts that I experienced as degrading and/or humiliating

Internal Reliability

Cronbach’s α= 0.74 (psychological scale), 0.86 (physical scale), 0.82 (sexual scale) and 0.88 (total scale). Please see attached PDFs for specific reliability information for other instances of when instrument was used in Europe.

Validity

Internal and external validity were assessed. Please see attached PDFs for specific validity information for other instances of when instrument was used in Europe.

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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:

Nybergh, L., Taft, C., & Krantz, G. (2012). Psychometric properties of the WHO Violence Against Women instrument in a male population-based sample in Sweden. BMJ open, 2(6), e002055. Please see attached PDFs for source article citations for other instances of when instrument was used in Europe.

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.