Adding insult to injury: Development and initial validation of the Partner-Directed Insults Scale

Violence and Victims

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 691-706

  Goetz, Aaron T ^a   Shackelford, Todd K ^a   Schipper, Lucas D ^a   Stewart Williams, Steve ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intimate partner violence; Verbal insults; Violence against women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLING BEHAVIOR INDEX; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY ASSESSMENT INDEX; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PARTNER DIRECTED INSULTS SCALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERBAL HOSTILITY; VIOLENCE ASSESSMENT INDEX;

EID: 33845940635     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.21.6.691     Document Type: Article

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