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Gender Based Violence — Updated
| Domain | Sub-Domain | Instrument Name | Description | Citation (Authors) | Language/ Geographic Location |
Population(s) | Details & PDF |
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| PVI: Partner Violence Interview | The PVI is a 26-item structured interview, adapted from the CTS, that asks subjects to report on various levels of violence they have experienced or perpetrated in their lifetime. | Boris, N. W., Heller, S. S., Sheperd, T., & Zeanah, C. H. (2002). Partner violence among homeless young adults: Measurement issues and associations. Journal of Adolescent Health, 30(5), 355-363. |
English |
* Women * Adolescents * Youth * African American * Men |
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| Proximal Antecedents to Violence Episode (PAVE) Scale | The Proximal Antecedents to Violent Episodes (PAVE) Scale is a 20-item, Likert-type measure designed to assess situations that would reportedly precede the use of violence. | Babcock, J. C., Costa, D. M., Green, C. E., & Eckhardt, C. I. (2004). What situations induce intimate partner violence? A reliability and validity study of the Proximal Antecedents to Violent Episodes (PAVE) scale. Journal of Family Psychology, 18(3), 433. |
English |
* Women * African American * Men * Heterosexual * Latino |
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| B-SAFER: Brief Spousal Assault Form for Evaluation of Risk | The B-SAFER, an abbreviated version of the SARA, is a structured professional guideline for assessing the risk for spousal assault. | Au, A., Cheung, G., Kropp, R., Yuk-chung, C., Lam, G., & Sung, P. (2008) A Preliminary Validation of the Brief Spousal Assault Form for the Evaluation of Risk (B-SAFER) in Hong Kong. Journal of Family Violence. 23: 727-735 |
English |
* Men * Heterosexual * People who use drugs |
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| SCIRS: Sexual Coercion in Intimate Relationships Scale | The SCIRS is a measure designed to asses the prevalence and severity of sexual coercion in committed intimate relationships. | Shackelford, T. K., & Goetz, A. T. (2004). Men's sexual coercion in intimate relationships: Development and initial validation of the Sexual Coercion in Intimate Relationships Scale. Violence and victims, 19(5), 541-556. |
English |
* Women * Men * General population |
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| PDV-Q: Psychological Dating Violence Questionnaire | The PDV-Q is a scale that evaluates subtle and overt psychological abuse among dating couples and has bi-directionality to measure both victimization and perpetration. | Ureña, J., Romera, E. M., Casas, J. A., Viejo, C., & Ortega-Ruiz, R. (2015). Psichometrics properties of Psychological Dating Violence Questionnaire: A study with young couples. International journal of clinical and health psychology, 15(1), 52-60. |
Spanish, English |
* Women * Students * Men * Heterosexual * Latino |
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| PERPS: Perpetrator Rapid Scale | PERPS (PErpetration RaPid Scale) is a short scale to detect perpetration of IPV in the ED. | Ernst, A., Weiss, S., Morgan-Edwards, S., Rihani, T., Coffman, B., Clark, R., Lucero, M., Jansen, L., Brokmeyer, J., Kaul, E., Hegyi, M., Ramone, B., & Valdez, M. (2012). Derivation and Validation of a Short Emergency Department Screening Tool for Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence: The Perpetrator Rapid Scale (PERPS). Journal of Emergency Medicine. 42(2): 206-217 |
English |
* Women * Youth * African American * Men * Heterosexual * Patients * Latino |
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| MSCQ: Multidimensional Sexual Coercion Questionnaire | The Multidimensional Sexual Coercion Questionnaire (MSCQ) is a sexual coercion assessment instrument for college students that pertains to commonly noted tactics such as pressure to have sex, exploitation, and relational manipulation as well as less commonly measured tactics of humiliation and two clusters of tactics pertaining to forced compliance based on past coercion. | Raghavan, C., Cohen, S., & Tamborra, T. (2015). Development and preliminary validation of The Multidimensional Sexual Coercion Questionnaire (MSCQ). Journal of Sexual Aggression. 21(3): 271-289 |
English |
* Women * Students * African American * Men * Heterosexual * Latino |
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| CPA: Cyber Psychological Abuse Scale | The Cyber Psychological Abuse (CPA) scale assesses psychological abuse during arguments between romantic partners using cell phones, email, computers, and through social networking sites. | Leisring, P & Giumetti, G. (2014). Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones, But Abusive Text Messages Also Hurt: Development and Validation of the Cyber Psychological Abuse Scale. Partner Abuse. 5(3): 323-341 |
English |
* Women * Students * Men * Heterosexual |
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| PDAS: Physical Dating Aggression Scale | The Physical Dating Aggression Scale is a scale used to measure aggression in intimate relationships within community and clinical settings. | Nocentini, A., Menesini, E., Pastorelli, C., Connolly, J., Pepler, D., & Craig, W. (2011). Physical Dating Aggression in Adolescence. European Psychologist. |
English |
* Adolescents * Students * Youth |
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| ABI-R: Abusive Behavior Inventory - Revised | The ABI-R was developed as an alternative to the CTS and views violence as part of coercive control, which is based on feminist theory and patriarchal terrorism. The ABI-R can be used to assess IPV as psychological abuse, physical abuse, or sexual abuse. | Postmus, J., Stylianou, M., & McMahon, S. (2016). The Abuse Behavior Inventory - Revised. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 31(17): 2867-2888 |
English |
* Women * African American * Heterosexual * Latino |
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| CARS: Cyber Aggression in Relationships Scale | The Cyber Aggression in Relationships Scale is a validated measure to assess adult cyber intimate partner aggression. | Watkins, L., E., Maldonado, R. C., & DiLillo, D. (2016). The Cyber Aggression in Relationships Scale: A new multidimensional measure of technology-based intimate partner aggression. Assessment, 1-19. |
English |
* Men who have sex with men (MSM) * Women * Students * Bisexual * Men * General population * Heterosexual |
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| CAT: Controlling and Abusive Tactics Questionnaire | The CAT is a 62-item checklist that asks about perpetration perpetrated and received. | Hamel, J., Jones, D. N., Dutton, D. G., & Graham-Kevan, N. (2015). The CAT: A gender-inclusive measure of controlling and abusive tactics. Violence and Victims, 30(4), 547. |
English |
* Women * African American * Men * Latino |
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| LAAS: Legal and Administrative Aggression Scale | The LA aggression scale was split into two components: (1) A 6-item scale that was added to the Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS2) that asks participants how often they/their partner have threatened with types of LA, and (2) a 6-item scale with yes/no questions that asked if they/their partner have engaged in LA. | Hines, D. A., Douglas, E. M., & Berger, J. L. (2015). A self-report measure of legal and administrative aggression within intimate relationships. Aggressive Behavior, 41, 295-309. |
English |
* Men * General population * Heterosexual |
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| BAAQ: Brief Anger-Aggression Questionnaire | The BAAQ is a 6-item questionnaire that is intended to be used as an anger-aggression screening and identification measure in violence-prone men. | Maiuro, R. D., Vitaliano, P. P., & Cahn, T. S. (1987). A brief measure for the assessment of anger and aggression. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2(2), 166-178. |
English |
* Men * Patients |
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| CBS-R: Revised Controlling Behaviors Scale - Swedish Version | CBS-R is a 24-item scale that assesses controlling behaviors from both victim and perpetrator perspectives. | Jansson, B., & Sundin, Ö. (2016). The reliability and factorial validity of the Swedish Version of the Revised Controlling Behaviors Scale. Journal of interpersonal violence, doi: 10.1177/0886260516672936 |
English |
* Women * Men |
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| TLFB-SV: Timeline Followback Spousal Violence Interview | TFLB-SV is an interview format that presents both victims and perpetrators a daily calendar where they can mark all experiences of partner violence. | Fals-Stewart, W., Birchler, G. R., & Kelley, M. L. (2003). The timeline followback spousal violence interview to assess physical aggression between intimate partners: Reliability and validity. Journal of Family Violence, 18(3), 131-142. |
English |
* Women * African American * Men * Heterosexual * Patients |
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| PAVE: Proximal Antecedents to Violent Episodes scale | PAVE is a 20-item scale that examines dimensions of instrumental and expressive types of violence. | Babcock, J. C., Costa, D. M., Green, C. E., & Eckhardt, C. I. (2004). What situations induce intimate partner violence? A reliability and validity study of the Proximal Antecedents to Violent Episodes (PAVE) scale. Journal of Family Psychology, 18(3), 433. |
English |
* Women * African American * Men * Heterosexual * Latino |
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| McCarry's Measure of Same Sex Domestic Violence | McCarry's Measure of Same Sex Domestic Violence is a scale that examines various types of domestic violence within LGBTQ+ couples. | McCarry, M., Hester, M., & Donovan, C. (2008). Researching same sex domestic violence: Constructing a survey methodology. Sociological Research Online, 13(1), 8. |
English |
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| Winstok's Measure of Tactics in Partner Conflicts | Winstok's Measure of Tactics in Partner Conflicts is a scale that examines spontaneous and punitive sanctions in heterosexual relationships. | Winstok, Z., & Smadar-Dror, R. (2015). Sanctions as a tactic used in partner conflicts: theoretical, operational, and preliminary findings. Journal of interpersonal violence, 30(12), 1998-2037. |
English |
* Heterosexual |
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| ABI: Abuse Behavior Inventory (North America) | The ABI is a self-administered, 30-item instrument using a 5-point Likert-type scale to measure the frequency of abusive behaviors. There are two corresponding forms of the ABI, one for the perpetrator and one for the victim. | 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.. |
North America: English /North America |
* Women * African American * Men * General population * Heterosexual * People who inject drugs * Patients * People who use drugs * Veterans |
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| CADRI: Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationship Inventory (North America) | A self-report measure of abuse in adolescent dating relationships that uses a 4-point Likert scale. | Wolfe, D., Scott, K., Reitzel-Jaffe, D., Wekerle, C., Grasley, C., & Straatman, A. (2001). Development and Validation of the Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationship Inventory. Psychological Assessment. 13(2): 277-293 Please see attached PDFs for source article citations for other instances of when instrument was used in North America. |
North America: English /North America |
* Men who have sex with men (MSM) * Women * Adolescents * Students * Youth * African American * Men * Heterosexual * Latino |
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| CTS: Conflict Tactics Scale (North America) | The CTS is an 18-item self-report scale assessing the occurrence and frequency of behaviors engaged in during interpersonal conflict. | Barling, J., O'leary, K. D., Jouriles, E. N., Vivian, D., & MacEwen, K. E. (1987). Factor similarity of the Conflict Tactics Scales across samples, spouses, and sites: Issues and implications. Journal of Family Violence, 2(1), 37-54. Please see attached PDFs for source article citations for other instances of when instrument was used in North America. |
North America: English /North America |
* Women * African American * Men * Heterosexual * Latino |
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| PMWI: Psychological Maltreatment of Women Inventory (North America) | PMWI is 58-item screening tool used to screen for psychological abuse experienced by women in abusive relationships. | 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. |
North America: English /North America |
* Women * Men * General population |
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| PAS: Propensity for Abusiveness Scale (North America) | The PAS is a 29-item self-report perpetrator profile for intimate abusiveness. | Dutton, D. G. (1995). A scale for measuring propensity for abusiveness. Journal of family violence, 10(2), 203-221. Chicago. Please see attached PDFs for source article citations for other instances of when instrument was used in North America. |
North America: English |
* Men |
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