scholarly journals Psychometric Properties of HITS Screening Tool (Hurt, Insult, Threaten, Scream) in Detecting Intimate Partner Violence in Iranian Women

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryam Shirzadi ◽  
Ali Fakhari ◽  
Kowsar Tarvirdizadeh ◽  
Sara Farhang
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Screening Tool ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Iranian Women

scholarly journals The Role of Women's Traditional Gender Beliefs in Depression, Intimate Partner Violence and Stress: Insights from a Spanish Abbreviated Multicultural Measure

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Montse Rovira ◽  
Leonor Lega ◽  
Carlos Suso-Ribera ◽  
Izaskun Orue
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Area Under The Curve ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Gender Beliefs ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Background: Research on traditional gender beliefs has highlighted their psychological impact and social implications for women. The purpose of this study was two-fold: firstly, to explore the relationship between women’s traditional gender beliefs, intimate partner violence, stress and depression, and secondly, to adapt and validate the Spanish version of the Multicultural O’Kelly Women’s Beliefs Scale. Based on the Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy framework, traditional gender beliefs were expected to be associated with higher levels of intimate partner violence, stress and depression. We also expected to obtain a psychometrically-sound factor structure of the Multicultural O’Kelly Women’s Beliefs Scale.Methods: A sample of Spanish women (N=322) completed the Multicultural O’Kelly Women’s Beliefs Scale, the Beck’s Depression Inventory II, the Modified Conflict Tactics Scale, and the Stress Perceived Scale. To test the psychometric properties of the Multicultural O’Kelly women’s beliefs scale we implemented exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses and an analysis of the area under the curve.Results: Regarding the psychometric properties of the scale, statistical analysis revealed a one-factor dimensionality (Global traditionalism) and supported a reduction of items in the original instrument. The abbreviated version (eight items) obtained the best fit indices. Considering the association between traditional gender beliefs and psychological outcomes, we found that traditional gender beliefs were associated with increased severity of stress, depressive symptoms and reciprocal verbal aggression. Conclusion: The Spanish adaptation of the Multicultural O’Kelly women’s beliefs scale provided a very short, psychometrically robust and clinically relevant measure of traditional gender beliefs. In addition to the association between traditional gender beliefs and mental health outcomes, an important finding was the relationship between traditional gender beliefs and intimate partner violence. Our scale might be used in clinical settings by helping women to identify their traditional gender beliefs and replace them by healthy and goal–oriented beliefs, which would also contribute in achieving a more egalitarian society.

Assessing Intimate Partner Violence in South Asian Women Using the Index of Spouse Abuse

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 697-711
Author(s):  
Lenore Fitzsimmons Soglin ◽  
Maya Ragavan ◽  
Supriya Immaneni ◽  
David F. Soglin
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Spouse Abuse ◽  
Screening Tool ◽  
The United States ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Immigrant Population ◽  
Asian Women ◽  
South Asian Women

Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) affects 21-40% of South Asian (SA) women in the United States. No screening tool has been validated in this population. This study sought to determine the validity of the Index of Spouse Abuse (ISA) as an IPV screening tool and to determine the prevalence of IPV among a SA immigrant population. Thirty-one percent of women screened positive on one or both ISA scales. The ISA-P and ISA-NP items were highly reliable as was the correlation between the ISA-P and ISA-NP scores. The ISA is a valid and reliable IPV screening tool in the SA immigrant population.

Assessing the Psychometric Properties of the Turkish Version of Attitudes and Practice of Health Care Providers Regarding Intimate Partner Violence Survey Scale

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 688-700 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gezgin Burçin Biçici ◽  
Aynur Uysal Toraman
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Turkish Version ◽  
Cronbach’S Alpha ◽  
Cronbach's Alpha

This study was planned to assess the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the “attitudes and practices of health care providers regarding intimate partner violence” (APHCPs-IPV) survey scale. The sample consisted of 355 primary health care providers. A Likert-type scale composed of eight subfactors, and 43 items were used. Means and standard deviations were calculated for interval-level data. A p value of less than .05 was considered statistically significant. The Turkish version consisted of eight factor groups. The Cronbach’s alpha of the general scale was .66, and the Cronbach’s alpha of the factor groups ranged from .29 to .81. It was determined that the APHCPs-IPV scale was a valid and reliable scale to be used in Turkish society, on the condition that item number 33 be removed.

The psychometric properties of an intimate partner violence education outcome measure

2019 ◽  
Vol 76 ◽  
pp. 148-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Sawyer ◽  
Jan Coles ◽  
Angela Williams ◽  
Brett Williams
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Outcome Measure ◽  
Intimate Partner

Intimate partner violence and Iranian women with substance use disorders

2014 ◽  
Vol 140 ◽  
pp. e146
Author(s):  
Effat Merghati-khoei ◽  
Jeffrey E. Korte ◽  
S. Rimaz ◽  
S.E. Back ◽  
K.T. Brady ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Substance Use Disorders ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Iranian Women

scholarly journals Validity of the ACTS Intimate Partner Violence Screen in Antenatal Care: A Cross Sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Hegarty ◽  
J Spangaro ◽  
M Kyei-Onanjiri ◽  
J Valpied ◽  
J Walsh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Screening Tool ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Comfort Level ◽  
National Standard ◽  
Response Format ◽  
Reference Standard ◽  
Predictive Values ◽  
Frequency Scale

Abstract Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a major public health problem with harmful consequences. In Australia, there is no national standard screening tool and screening practice is variable across states. The objectives of this study were to assess in the antenatal healthcare setting: i) the validity of a new IPV brief screening tool and ii) women’s preference for screening response format, screening frequency and comfort level.Methods: 1,067 antenatal patients in a major metropolitan Victorian hospital in Australia completed a paper-based, self-administered survey. The survey included four screening items about whether they were Afraid/Controlled/Threatened/ Slapped or physically hurt (ACTS) by a partner or ex-partner in the last 12 months; and the Composite Abuse Scale (reference standard). The ACTS screen was presented firstly with a binary yes/no response format and then with a five-point ordinal frequency format from ‘never’ (0) to ‘very frequently’ (4). The main outcome measures were test statistics of the four-item ACTS screening tool (sensitivity, specificity, predictive values, and area under the curve) against the reference standard and women’s screening preferences.Results: Twelve-month IPV prevalence varied depending on the ACTS response format with 8% (83) positive on ACTS yes/no format, 12.8% (133) positive on ACTS ordinal frequency format and 10.5% (108) on the reference Composite Abuse Scale. Overall, the ACTS screening tool demonstrated clinical utility for the ordinal frequency format (AUC, 0.80; 95% CI = 0.76 to 0.85) and the binary yes/no format (AUC, 0.74, 95% CI = 0.69 to 0.79). The frequency scale (66%) had greater sensitivity than the yes/no scale (51%). The positive and negative predictive values were 56% and 96% for the frequency scale and 68% and 95% for the yes/no scale. Specificity was high regardless of screening question response options. Half (53%) of the women categorised as abused preferred the yes/no scale. Around half of the women (48%, 472) thought health care providers should ask pregnant women about IPV at every visit.Conclusions: The four-item ACTS tool (using the frequency scale and a cut-off of one on any item) is recommended for written self-administered screening of women to identify those experiencing IPV to enable first-line response and follow-up.

scholarly journals Psychometric Properties of the Inventory of Beliefs about Intimate Partner Violence (IBIPV)

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina García-Ael ◽  
Patricia Recio ◽  
Prado Silván-Ferrero
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Ambivalent Sexism ◽  
Divergent Validity ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Convergent And Divergent Validity

<p>This study analysed the psychometric properties of the Inventory of Beliefs about Intimate Partner Violence (IBIPV) which is designed to measure general and specific attitudes to violence against women in intimate relationships. The participants were 1169 people aged from 18 to 77 years. We found that the IBIPV has a three-factor structure, the factors identified were: a) <em>Justifying Partner Violence</em> (JPV), b) <em>Victims Responsible for Violence </em>(VRV) and c) <em>Abuser Responsible for Violence </em>(ARV). Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis showed three levels of measurement invariance across gender: configural, metric and scalar invariance. As expected, evidence of the convergent and divergent validity of the inventory was provided by comparisons with the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory (ASI) and Ambivalence toward Men Inventory (AMI). Potential applications of the scale in the field of partner violence are discussed.</p>

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