Women's Experience with Battering (WEB)
Abstract
Smith, Earp, and DeVellis developed WEB, or the Women’s Experiences with Battering Scale, in 1995 as an intimate partner violence assessment tool designed to actually measure the experiences of women, not the behaviors of their partners. WEB was designed as a public domain tool for use by any victim service provider or other client advocate. The assessment can be integrated into the beginning of any client intake process. WEB can be self-administered or practitioner-administered via interview. The assessment asks the respondent to rate her level of agreement or disagreement, on a scale of one to six, with 10 statements about how she feels in her relationship. This tool is presented here in both English and Spanish. WEB is validated only for heterosexual partners, and its evaluation studies have demonstrated its effectiveness in identifying IPV among Black and White women, but not among other racial or ethnic groups. (CVR Abstract)
Description
Cost: No
Training: Unspecified
Number of Items: 10
Training: Unspecified
Number of Items: 10
item.page.type
Instrument
item.page.format
Tool
Keywords
Domestic Violence, Assessment Tool, Purpose: Detection, Population: Adults, Intimate Partner Violence, Abuse, Physical Assault, Administration Method: Self-Administered
Citation
Smith P.H., Earp, J.L., DeVellis, R. (1995). Measuring battering: Development of the Women’s Experience with Battering (WEB) scale. Women’s Health: Research on Gender, Behavior, and Policy 1(4), 273-288.