Measuring Intimate Partner Violence Victimization and Perpetration: A Compendium of Assessment Tools

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• Personal Author:
  Thompsn, Mattie P. ; Basile, Kathleen C. ; Hertz, Marci F. ; Sitterle, Dylan
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (U.S.)
• Description:
  This compendium provides researchers and prevention specialists with a compilation of tools designed to measure victimization from and perpetration of IPV. Many researchers are conducting studies to identify risk and protective factors for IPV and determine the consequences of victimization and perpetration. Others are working to design, implement, and evaluate interventions to reduce IPV victimization and perpetration. The ability to accurately measure IPV is critical for the success of these research and intervention activities (Bachman 2000; Saltzman 2004). In 1999, CDC published Intimate Partner Violence Surveillance: Uniform Definitions and Recommended Data Elements to improve and standardize data collected on IPV (Saltzman et al. 1999). Uniform and consistent definitions allow researchers and practitioners to assess the true prevalence of IPV, compare findings across studies, and determine the effectiveness of interventions. This compendium takes the next step by providing information on numerous scales for reliable and valid measurement of IPV. Researchers and practitioners may find it challenging to identify which of the available scales are appropriate for measuring a particular type of IPV. This compendium provides professionals who are addressing this problem with easy access to a set of tools with demonstrated reliability and validity for measuring the self-reported incidence and prevalence of IPV victimization and perpetration. The compendium also identifies which scales are appropriate for measuring a given type of IPV.
• Subjects:
  Aggression Battered Women Data Collection / Standards Domestic Violence Interpersonal Relations Intimate Partner Violence Questionnaires Research Design Spouse Abuse / Prevention & Control
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC)
• Division:
  DVP - Division of Violence Prevention
• Topic:
  Injury, Violence, & Safety
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  163 pdf pages
• Citation:
  Thompson MP, Basile KC, Hertz MF, Sitterle D. Measuring Intimate Partner Violence Victimization and Perpetration: A Compendium of Assessment Tools. Atlanta (GA): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, 2006.
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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