Journal article
Developing an index to measure violence against women for comparative studies between mexico and the United States
Journal of family violence, Vol.21(1), pp.95-104
2006
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-005-9005-z
Abstract
Very few scales exist that measure violence against women and allow for comparative studies between Mexico and the United States. In this article, we present the results of a validation exercise for just such a scale. The scale was designed using, as a basis, some of the items in the Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS) and the Index of Spouse Abuse (ISA), in an attempt to differentiate among three types of violence: physical, psychological, and sexual. One hundred and twenty women from diverse social groups in each country responded to a questionnaire in which they were asked to consider the severity of each item on a scale from 1 to 100. Factorial analysis confirms that women assign a different average weight to each type of violence. An analysis of variance test confirms that the different groups of women interviewed evaluated each type of violence in a consistent manner. Very reasonable alpha coefficients were obtained. The paper concludes by demonstrating with an example the use of the scale in prediction modeling. © 2006 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Developing an index to measure violence against women for comparative studies between mexico and the United States
- Creators
- Roberto Castro - Regional Center for Multidisciplinary Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Cuemavaca, MexicoLorena Garcia - Southern California Injury Prevention Research Center, UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, United StatesAgustin Ruiz - Regional Center for Multidisciplinary Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Cuemavaca, MexicoCorinne PEEK-ASA - Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center, University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa, United States
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of family violence, Vol.21(1), pp.95-104
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10896-005-9005-z
- ISSN
- 0885-7482
- eISSN
- 1573-2851
- Publisher
- Kluwer/Plenum
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2006
- Academic Unit
- Occupational and Environmental Health; Epidemiology; Nursing; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984215043302771
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