Intimate Partner Violence and Children's Health After Parental Separation: Development and Psychometric Testing of the HELP-T Scale.

ABSTRACT: Validated instruments that measure intimate partner violence (IPV) following separation from an abusive co-parent ("post-separation abuse" (PSA)), are needed to understand and mitigate risks to child health. Items for the Healthcare, Economic, and Legal Post-Separation Abuse and Coercive Tactics (HELP-T) Scale were generated based on qualitative interviews with maternal survivors (N = 33) and expert review. Reliability, construct validity, and concurrent validity were tested in a sample (N = 497) of maternal survivors experiencing PSA in the US. Exploratory factor analysis assessed construct validity, and Cronbach's alpha assessed subscale reliability. Iterative principal factor analysis revealed 3 subscales for 22 items that were labeled (1) Healthcare PSA, (2) Legal PSA, an

SUBMITTER: Spearman KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12817884 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature