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Validation of a Measure of Intimate Partner Abuse With Couples Participating in Divorce Mediation |
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| Authors: | Connie J A Beck J Michael Menke Karey O'Hara Brewster Aurelio José Figueredo |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Psychology , University of Arizona , Tucson, Arizona, USA beck@u.arizona.edu;3. Department of Psychology , University of Arizona , Tucson, Arizona, USA |
| Abstract: | Critics of court mandated divorce mediation have raised awareness of the need for screening measures to assess intimate partner abuse. This study validates a new instrument that is a revised version of the Partner Abuse Scales developed by Walter Hudson in the 1990s. The Relationship Behavior Rating Scale (RBRS) correlates highly with the original scales and subscales developed from the original and RBRS items have equally high reliability. The new scale is a reliable measure for intimate partner abuse in divorce mediation. |
| Keywords: | intimate partner abuse measurement divorce mediation |