title: Evaluating the Chinese Revised Controlling Behaviors Scale.
abstract: The present study evaluated the utility of the Chinese version of the Revised Controlling Behaviors Scale (C-CBS-R) as a measure of controlling behaviors in violent Chinese intimate relationships. Using a mixed-methods approach, in-depth, individual interviews were conducted with 200 Chinese women survivors to elicit qualitative data about their personal experiences of control in intimate relationships. The use of controlling behaviors was also assessed using the C-CBS-R. Interview accounts suggested that the experiences of 91 of the women were consistent with the description of coercive control according to Dutton and Goodman's conceptualization of coercion. Using the split-half validation procedure, a receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curve analysis was conducted with the first half of the sample. The area under the curve (AUC) for using the C-CBS-R to identify high control was .99, and the cutoff score of 1.145 maximized both sensitivity and specificity. Applying the cutoff score to the second half gave a sensitivity of 96% and a specificity of 95%. Overall, the C-CBS-R has demonstrated utility as a measure of controlling behaviors with a cutoff score for distinguishing high from low levels of control in violent Chinese intimate relationships.
authors.affiliation: The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong afytiwar@hku.hk.
authors.forename: Agnes
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tiwari
authors.affiliation: The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Daniel Yee Tak
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Fong
authors.affiliation: The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Ko Ling
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.affiliation: The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Elsie Chau Wai
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.affiliation: The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Gloria Ling Lee
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.affiliation: Po Leung Kuk, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Debbie Hoi Ming
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: University of Central Lancashire, UK Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall, Sweden.
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Graham-Kevan
mesh_terms: D018585:Battered Women / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002681:China; D003068:Coercion; D015331:Cohort Studies; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: Chinese; controlling behavior assessment; intimate partner violence