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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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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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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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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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