Development and preliminary psychometric evaluation of the domestic violence--related financial issues scale (DV-FI).
Intimate partner violence (IPV) occurs at disproportionate rates within impoverished groups of women and can include economic abuse as a form of psychological maltreatment. The current study developed a comprehensive assessment of the unique financial issues facing female victims of IPV using a sheltered sample (N = 113). An exploratory factor analysis (principal-axis factoring with varimax rotation) was conducted on 24 items of the newly developed Domestic Violence-Related Financial Issues Scale. Preliminary results supported five extracted factors, which accounted for approximately 53% of the total common variance in the women's responses. Psychometric properties of the instrument are presented.
Weaver
Terri L
TL
Department of Psychology, Saint Louis University. weavert@slu.edu
Sanders
Cynthia K
CK
Campbell
Carole L
CL
Schnabel
Meg
M
D000328:Adult; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000191:economics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008875:Middle Aged; D011203:Poverty; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011594:Psychometrics; D012747:Sexual Partners / Q000523:psychology; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000191:economics*; D018454:Spouses / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D016387:Women's Health / Q000191:economics*; D055815:Young Adult