Citation

McNamara JR, Fields SA. J. Fam. Violence 2001; 16(1): 37-45.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 45701-2979

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1023/A:1026524409148

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Comparative psychometric information on the Abuse Disability Questionnaire (ADQ), given to women who were receiving services from domestic violence shelters, was presented. The total score of the ADQ and its subscale scores for Relationship Disability, Life Restriction, Psychological Dysfunction, and Health Status Issues demonstrated adequate internal consistency across two shelter samples. Further construct validation was evidenced by the relationship found between self-esteem and impairment, and also between prior abuse and impairment. Additional research to establish the utility of the Abuse Disability Questionnaire as a research and/or clinical instrument was proposed.
abuse disability questionnaire - internal consistency - validity considerations.