Partner Victimization Scale (PVS)
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2013
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Life Paths Appalachian Research Program
Abstract
The issue of gender and intimate partner violence has been a topic of controversy for many years. A number of scales have been created to measure IPV, but results related to gender are inconsistent. The PVS is an alternative to scales traditionally used to measure IPV where the ways in which questions are worded is considered. Gendered patterns of IPV found using the PVS mirror findings based on police data, while other measures of IPV do not. Other scales result in a number of false positive because of a lack of context provided by questions.
Background and Development: How and why this instrument was developed. The partner victimization scale was designed to address methodological issues in self-report IPV studies that have led to inconsistent findings about the relationship between gender and IPV. Studies show the PVS has strong reliability and validity. (CVR Abstract).
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survey instrument, survey instrument, intimate partner violence, domestic violence, conflict tactics, partner abuse, measuring: intimate partner violence, population: adults, violence against women, gender, gender parity, conflict tactics, gendered violence, gender symmetry, partner violence, wording, methodological issues, physical abuse, sexual abuse, sexual violence
Citation
Hamby, S. (2013). The Partner Victimization Scale [Instrument]. Sewanee, TN: Life Paths Research Program. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.1319.4405.v1