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Intimate partner violence victimisation in early adulthood: psychometric properties of a new measure and gender differences in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the psychometric properties of a novel, brief measure of physical, psychological and sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) and estimate the overall prevalence of and gender differences in this violence.

Design

Data are from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), a birth-cohort study.

Setting

Avon, UK.

Participants

2128 women and 1145 men who completed the questionnaire assessment at age 21.

Outcome measures

Participants responded to eight items on physical, psychological and sexual IPV victimisation at age 21. Participants indicated whether the violence occurred before age 18 and/or after and led to any of eight negative impacts (eg, fear). We estimated the prevalence of IPV and tested for gender differences using χ² or t-tests. We evaluated the IPV victimisation measure based on internal consistency (alpha coefficient), dimensionality (exploratory factor analysis) and convergent validity with negative impacts.

Results

Overall, 37% of participants reported experiencing any IPV and 29% experienced any IPV after age 18. Women experienced more frequent IPV, more acts of IPV and more negative impacts than men (p<0.001 for all comparisons). The IPV measure showed high internal consistency (α=0.95), strong evidence for unidimensionality and was highly correlated with negative impacts (r=0.579, p<0.001).

Conclusions

The prevalence of IPV victimisation in the ALSPAC cohort was considerable for both women and men. The strong and consistent gender differences in the frequency and severity of IPV suggest clinically meaningful differences in experiences of this violence. The ALSPAC measure for IPV victimisation was valid and reliable, indicating its suitability for further aetiological investigations.

SUBMITTER: Yakubovich AR

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6475136 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Intimate partner violence victimisation in early adulthood: psychometric properties of a new measure and gender differences in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children.

Yakubovich Alexa R AR Heron Jon J Feder Gene G Fraser Abigail A Humphreys David K DK

BMJ open 20190323 3

<h4>Objectives</h4>To evaluate the psychometric properties of a novel, brief measure of physical, psychological and sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) and estimate the overall prevalence of and gender differences in this violence.<h4>Design</h4>Data are from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), a birth-cohort study.<h4>Setting</h4>Avon, UK.<h4>Participants</h4>2128 women and 1145 men who completed the questionnaire assessment at age 21.<h4>Outcome measures</h4>Partic ...[more]

PMID: 30904864

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Dataset Information

Intimate partner violence victimisation in early adulthood: psychometric properties of a new measure and gender differences in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children.

Objectives

Design

Setting

Participants

Outcome measures

Results

Conclusions

Publications

Intimate partner violence victimisation in early adulthood: psychometric properties of a new measure and gender differences in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children.

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