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Citation

Zink TM, Klesges LM, Levin L, Putnam F. J. Interpers. Violence 2007; 22(7): 921-931.

Affiliation

University of Minnesota. (zink0003@umn.edu)

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0886260507301228

PMID

17575069

Abstract

This study determines a clinical cutting score for the 29-item Abuse Behavior Inventory (ABI) developed by Shepard and Campbell (1992) to measure both physical and psychological abuse experiences. The authors report on a sample of 392 White and African American women from primary care waiting rooms, who completed the ABI and the revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS2). An ABI cutoff score of 10 maximizes validity and produces a sensitivity of 77% and a specificity of 81% compared to the CTS2. Cronbach's alpha is .92 for the entire scale, .91 for the psychological subscale, and .86 for the physical subscale. Correlation between the ABI and CTS2 is .76, with subscale correlations of .74 between ABI psychological and CTS2 verbal aggression, and .71 between ABI physical and CTS2 physical aggression, injury, and sexual coercion.


Language: en

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