TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Development and validation of the Psychological Abuse Experienced in Groups Scale
JO  - European journal of psychology applied to legal context
A1  - Saldaña, Omar
A1  - Rodríguez-Carballeira, Álvaro
A1  - Almendros, Carmen
A1  - Escartín, Jordi
SP  - 57
EP  - 64
VL  - 9
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1889-4007
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpal.2017.01.002
ID  - ref1
ER  -