Absence of a well-validated comprehensive partner abuse questionnaire has been a major
methodological issue in domestic violence research. A new multidimensional measure of�…

The lack of definitional consistency about domestic violence and the absence of a well-
validated comprehensive abuse screening questionnaire have been major methodological�…

The literature on domestic violence documents the tendency of victims to minimize and
under-report the abuse they experience (Campbell and Humphreys, 1993; Limandri, 1987;�…

This paper presents a new short-form scale called the Index of Spouse Abuse or ISA that
was designed for use in clinical settings to monitor and evaluate progress in treatment. The�…

Researchers have identified the need to develop instruments to measure domestic violence
that include both physical and psychological abuse. Drawing from feminist theory, the�…

Objectives Approaches to measuring intimate partner violence (IPV) in populations often
privilege physical violence, with poor assessment of other experiences. This has led to�…

This study investigated the reliability and validity of the Index of Spouse Abuse (ISA) when
used with a sample of 504 African-American women. The initial factor validity analysis for the�…

This paper describes two related studies. Study 1 is a literature review of existing adult
partner domestic violence assessment scales. Results of the review revealed that the scales�…

Measuring experiences of intimate partner violence is critical for researchers and advocates.
One measure, the Abusive Behavior Inventory (ABI), has limited testing but is used more�…

Background: This study developed a screening tool for use by family physicians to identify
and assess women patients experiencing emotional and/or physical abuse by their partner�…