TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - What Situations Induce Intimate Partner Violence? A Reliability and Validity Study of the Proximal Antecedents to Violent Episodes (PAVE) Scale
JO  - Journal of family psychology
A1  - Eckhardt, Christopher I.
A1  - Green, Cathryn E.
A1  - Costa, Daniela M.
A1  - Babcock, Julia Caroline
SP  - 433
EP  - 442
VL  - 18
IS  - 3
N2  - The current study investigated the reliability of a new self-report questionnaire assessing stimuli that would likely elicit intimate partner violence. The Proximal Antecedents to Violent Episodes (PAVE) scale is a 30-item, Likert-type measure designed to assess situations that would reportedly precede the use of violence. In Study 1, an exploratory factor analysis on a clinical sample revealed 3 factors: Violence to Control, Violence Out of Jealousy, and Violence Following Verbal Abuse. In Study 2, the factor structure was replicated on a community sample using confirmatory factor analysis. In both studies, different types of batterers, on the basis of A. Holtzworth-Munroe and G. L. Stuart's (1994) typology, scored differently on the 3 factors in ways consistent with theory. Therefore, the PAVE shows promise as a reliable and valid tool to help to understand the context and function of intimate partner violence.
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SN  - 0893-3200
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0893-3200.18.3.433
ID  - ref1
ER  -