Development and preliminary psychometric evaluation of the domestic violence--related financial issues scale (DV-FI)

J Interpers Violence. 2009 Apr;24(4):569-85. doi: 10.1177/0886260508317176. Epub 2008 Apr 29.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Crime Victims / economics*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Interpersonal Relations*
  • Middle Aged
  • Poverty
  • Power, Psychological*
  • Psychometrics
  • Sexual Partners / psychology
  • Social Support
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Spouse Abuse / economics*
  • Spouses / psychology
  • Surveys and Questionnaires*
  • United States
  • Women's Health / economics*
  • Young Adult