Validation of a Measure of Intimate Partner Abuse (Relationship Behavior Rating Scale–Revised) Using Item Response Theory Analysis

Beck, Connie J. A.; Menke, J. Michael; Figueredo, Aurelio José

doi:10.1080/10502556.2012.743830

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“…Some previous research has applied IRT to the study of intimate partner violence, either by fitting an IRT model to an existing scale (e.g., Beck, Menke, & Figueredo, 2013;Jose, Olino, & O'Leary, 2012;Reichenheim, Klein, & Moraes, 2007) or by testing differential item functioning across gender (e.g., Edelen, McCaffrey, Marshall, & Jaycox, 2009;Yount et al, 2014); however, none of these studies addressed the acceptability of IPVAW. Moreover, IRT offers improved factor scores that can be used to assess which latent trait levels (i.e., acceptability estimates) are measured more accurately.…”

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confidence: 99%

Measuring Acceptability of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women: Development and Validation of the A-IPVAW Scale

Martín-Fernández

Gracia

Marco

et al. 2018

The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context

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A B S T R A C TIntimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) is a major social and public health problem of global proportions. Public attitudes toward IPVAW shape the social environment in which such violence takes place, and attitudes of acceptability of IPVAW are considered a risk factor to actual IPVAW. The aim of this study was to develop and validate a scale measuring acceptability of IPVAW (A-IPVAW). To this end, a sample of 1,800 respondents was recruited via social media. A second sample of 50 IPVAW offenders was used for concurrent validity analyses. Following a cross-validation approach and using item response theory analyses, we found that the latent structure of the scale was one-dimensional and very informative for high and very high levels of acceptability of IPVAW. Regarding criterion-related validity, we found that (a) our measure was related to perceived severity of IPVAW and ambivalent sexism, (b) men showed higher levels of acceptability than women, and (c) IPVAW offenders reported higher levels of acceptability than men from the general population. Taken together, our results provide evidence that the A-IPVAW is a reliable and valid instrument to assess acceptability of IPVAW.

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Measuring Acceptability of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women: Development and Validation of the A-IPVAW Scale

Martín-Fernández

Gracia

Marco

et al. 2018

The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context

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“…Many screening tools are available to help program administrators and mediators identify cases at risk for IPV/A (Beck et al, ; Ballard et al, ; Beck et al, ). However, there is little guidance to help us better identify those cases least likely or most likely to benefit from mediation even when an IPV history is present (Ver Steegh & Dalton, ; Holtzworth‐Munroe, ).…”

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“…Although there are many tools to screen for IPV/A before mediation or other processes (Beck, Walsh, Mechanic, Figueredo, & Chen, ; Ballard, Holtzworth‐Munroe, Applegate, & Beck, ; Beck, Menke, & Figueredo ), we still lack guidance as to which cases are most or least likely to benefit from mediation, especially in light of a history of violence between the parties. This study seeks to make initial efforts in that direction through an analysis of case characteristics correlated to parties' perceptions of safety, satisfaction, and settlement.…”

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Safety, Satisfaction, and Settlement in Domestic Relations Mediations: New Findings

Raines¹,

Choi²,

Johnson³

et al. 2016

Family Court Review

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Researchers and mediators have long been concerned about coercion, intimidation, and safety threats that could occur in mediation for cases where previous violence between the parties has occurred. Most of the research focuses on screening tools to identify parties at risk. When parties screen positive for intimate partner violence (IPV), some proceed to mediation and some do not, depending on the policies of individual mediation programs. But this misses a step: Some cases may benefit from mediation while others won't, but how can we predict whether mediation will be useful and safe in specific instances? This study uses survey data obtained from parties in domestic relations mediations to examine issues of safety, satisfaction, and settlement in the presence of various IPV behaviors.

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“…Other measurement studies have not use separated couples and conflate coercive controlling behavior and financial controlling behavior (e.g., Beck et al, 2013). Several limitations are also noted, including the small sample size and gender composition noted earlier in the discussion.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…Nearly all couples reported some form of coercive control and psychological abuse, and males were found more likely to perpetrate severely coercive patterns of partner violence. The RBRS was revised and further validated, confirming better discrimination of types of controlling abuse compared with the CTS2 (Beck, Menke, & Figueredo, 2013).…”

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Screening for Partner Violence Among Family Mediation Clients: Differentiating Types of Abuse

Cleak

Schofield

Axelsen

et al. 2015

J Interpers Violence

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Family mediation is mandated in Australia for couples in dispute over separation and parenting as a first step in dispute resolution, except where there is a history of intimate partner violence. However, validation of effective well-differentiated partner violence screening instruments suitable for mediation settings is at an early phase of development. This study contributes to calls for better violence screening instruments in the mediation context to detect a differentiated range of abusive behaviors by examining the reliability and validity of both established scales, and newly developed scales that measured intimate partner violence by partner and by self. The study also aimed to examine relationships between types of abuse, and between gender and types of abuse. A third aim was to examine associations between types of abuse and other relationship indicators such as acrimony and parenting alliance. The data reported here are part of a larger mixed method, naturalistic longitudinal study of clients attending nine family mediation centers in Victoria, Australia. The current analyses on baseline cross-sectional screening data confirmed the reliability of three subscales of the Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS2), and the reliability and validity of three new scales measuring intimidation, controlling and jealous behavior, and financial control. Most clients disclosed a history of at least one type of violence by partner: 95% reported psychological aggression, 72% controlling and jealous behavior, 50% financial control, and 35% physical assault. Higher rates of abuse perpetration were reported by partner versus by self, and gender differences were identified. There were strong associations between certain patterns of psychologically abusive behavior and both acrimony and parenting alliance. The implications for family mediation services and future research are discussed.

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Validation of a Measure of Intimate Partner Abuse (Relationship Behavior Rating Scale–Revised) Using Item Response Theory Analysis

Cited by 21 publications

References 43 publications

Measuring Acceptability of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women: Development and Validation of the A-IPVAW Scale

Measuring Acceptability of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women: Development and Validation of the A-IPVAW Scale

Safety, Satisfaction, and Settlement in Domestic Relations Mediations: New Findings

Screening for Partner Violence Among Family Mediation Clients: Differentiating Types of Abuse

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