@article{ref1,
title="Development and validation of the Psychological Abuse Experienced in Groups Scale",
journal="European journal of psychology applied to legal context",
year="2017",
author="Saldaña, Omar and Rodríguez-Carballeira, Álvaro and Almendros, Carmen and Escartín, Jordi",
volume="9",
number="2",
pages="57-64",
abstract="The aim of this study is the development and analysis of the psychometric properties of a new instrument to assess the possible psychological abuse experienced in a group setting. The Psychological Abuse Experienced in Groups Scale was administered to 138 people who self-identified as former members of abusive groups. An exploratory factor analysis revealed a common factor, which showed appropriate reliability. The scale scores were correlated with a prior measure aimed to assess group abusiveness, providing evidence of external validity. Participants reported a higher degree of psychological distress than normative samples, and those who requested psychological counseling after leaving the group had suffered group psychological abuse to a greater extent. The scale covers a wide range of subtle and explicit abusive behaviors and overcomes the limitations of previous instruments, being useful in both research and applied settings.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1889-4007",
doi="10.1016/j.ejpal.2017.01.002",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpal.2017.01.002"
}