The Assessment of Spouse Abuse: Two Quantifiable Dimensions

Hudson, Walter W.; McIntosh, Sally Rau

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“…16,20 Using a series of 2 to 3 contextualized, violence-specific questions (often derived from the CTS), these studies report promising results for brief and effective screening of intimate partner violence. Feldhaus et al 16 administered a 3-question partner violence screen (PVS) against 2 detailed standard violence measures, the Index of Spouse Abuse (ISA) 21 and the CTS, in hospitalbased emergency departments. The PVS incorporated 2 dimensions of partner violence: one question addressed physical violence (eg, "Have you been hit, kicked, punched, or otherwise hurt by someone within the past year?…”

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Screening for Intimate Partner Violence in a Primary Care Setting: The Validity of "Feeling Safe at Home" and Prevalence Results

Peralta

Fleming

2003

The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

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Background: We conducted a study to assess the validity of a screening question commonly used to detect intimate partner violence (IPV) in primary care settings. We also analyzed prevalence and risk factors of IPV.Methods: We used an embedded domestic violence detection instrument in a general health questionnaire at one family medicine clinic. Questionnaire scales included a modified version of the Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS), depression and alcohol use scales, and a personal safety question ("Do you feel safe at home?"). We assessed the sensitivity, specificity, and predictive value of the personal safety question in our sample using responses to the modified CTS and the personal safety question. Three hundred ninety-nine female patients over the age of 18 completed the survey.

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Screening for Intimate Partner Violence in a Primary Care Setting: The Validity of "Feeling Safe at Home" and Prevalence Results

Peralta

Fleming

2003

The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

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“…The resulting scores were highly skewed and were transformed by using square-root transformations. Verbal aggression was measured by a modified version of the Index of Spouse Abuse scale (Hudson and McIntosh, 1981). Only the verbal aggression items were used from the original scale.…”

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Paternal Alcoholism and Toddler Noncompliance

Eiden

Leonard

Morrisey

2001

Alcoholism Clin & Exp Res

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“…The resulting scores were highly skewed, and were transformed using square root transformations. Verbal aggression was measured by a modified version of the Index of Spouse Abuse scale (ISA; Hudson & McIntosh, 1981). Only the verbal aggression items were used from the original scale.…”

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Temperament and behavioral problems among infants in alcoholic families

Edwards

Leonard

Eiden

2001

Infant Mental Health Journal

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This study examined the association between paternal alcoholism and 12-month infant temperament and 18-month behavior problems. The role of associated parental psychopathology and maternal drinking in exacerbating risk for maladaptive behavioral outcomes was also examined. Participants were 213 families (102 control families, 94 paternal alcoholic families, and 17 families with alcoholic fathers and heavy drinking mothers) who were assessed when their child was 12 months old and reassessed again when their child was 18 months old. Infants of alcoholics displayed marginally more stubborn/persistent temperaments at 12 months of age, but significantly more internalizing problems at 18 months. Analyses suggested that internalizing problems in the infants of alcoholics could be attributed to the paternal depression concomitant with paternal alcoholism. In addition, an interaction was observed, indicating that paternal alcohol problems predicted 18-month externalizing problems among families with low maternal depression, but not among families with high maternal depression. Children of depressed mothers exhibited uniformly higher externalizing scores, but were not further impacted by paternal alcohol problems. However, children of nondepressed mothers were adversely affected by fathers' drinking as reflected by higher externalizing behavior scores. The results highlight the necessity of addressing the overall contextual risks that occur with paternal alcoholism in studies of the development of children in alcoholic families.For more than 2 decades, research has documented the increased risk for maladaptive developmental outcomes among children of alcoholics. For example, the risk for future alcohol and substance use problems has been shown in studies of young adults (e.g., Finn, Sharkansky, Viken, West, Sandy, & Bufferd, 1997;Sher, Walitzer, Wood, & Brent, 1991). Higher levels of depression and anxiety and lower levels of self esteem have also been reported among adult children of alcoholics (Belliveau & Stoppard, 1995;Domenico & Windle, 1993). Studies of older and younger adolescents (Johnson, Leonard, & Jacob, 1989;Weinberg, Dielman, Mandell, & Shope, 1994) have also demonstrated that these children are at an increased risk for problems in emotional and behavioral adaptation. Lynskey, Fergusson, and Horwood (1994) interviewed a birth cohort of New Zealand children at age 15, and reported higher rates of psychiatric disorders among the offspring of alcoholics relative to offspring of nonalcoholics. Moreover, these differences, though reduced, remained significant after controlling for a variety of confounding factors. Similarly, Chassin, Rogosch, and Barrera Direct correspondence to: Kenneth E. Leonard, 1021 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203; phone: (716) 887-2509; fax: (716) 887-2510; email: E-mail: leonard@ria.org. NIH Public Access Author ManuscriptInfant Ment Health J. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2009 May 11. NIH-PA Author ManuscriptNIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-PA Author Manuscript (1991) report...

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The Assessment of Spouse Abuse: Two Quantifiable Dimensions

Cited by 511 publications

References 12 publications

Screening for Intimate Partner Violence in a Primary Care Setting: The Validity of "Feeling Safe at Home" and Prevalence Results

Screening for Intimate Partner Violence in a Primary Care Setting: The Validity of "Feeling Safe at Home" and Prevalence Results

Paternal Alcoholism and Toddler Noncompliance

Temperament and behavioral problems among infants in alcoholic families

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