Intimate Partner Violence Fear-11 Scale: An Item Response Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) often fear their intimate partners and the abuse they perpetrate against them. Fear in the context of IPV has been studied for decades yet, we lack a rigorously validated measure. The purpose of this study was to comprehensively evaluate the psychometric properties of a multi-item scale measuring fear of an abusive male partner and/or the abuse he perpetrates.

Method

We used Item Response modeling to evaluate the psychometric properties of a scale measuring women's fear of IPV by their male partner across two distinct samples: 1) a calibration sample of 412 women and 2) a confirmation sample of 298 women.

Results

Results provide a detailed overview of the psychometric functioning of the Intimate Partner Violence Fea

SUBMITTER: Sullivan TP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10103837 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature