Table 1.
Intimate Partner Violence Questions
| Measure | Response Scale | Content |
|---|---|---|
| Women’s Experience With Battering (WEB) scale * | 10 questions | My partner made me feel unsafe even in my own home. |
| I felt ashamed of the things my partner did to me. | ||
| 1 (strongly disagree) to 6 (strongly agree) | I tried not to rock the boat because I was afraid of what my partner might do. | |
| I felt like I was programmed to react a certain way. | ||
| I felt like my partner kept me a prisoner. | ||
| My partner could scare me without laying a hand on me. | ||
| I hid the truth from others because I was afraid not to. | ||
| I felt owned and controlled by my partner. | ||
| My partner made me feel like I had no control over my life. | ||
| My partner had a look that went straight through me and terrified me. | ||
| Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey ** | 5 questions (yes/no) | Sexual |
| Has an intimate partner ever forced you to participate in a sex act (e.g., oral, vaginal or anal penetration) against your will? | ||
| Ever threatened, coerced or physically forced you into any sexual contact that did not result in intercourse or penetration? | ||
| Physical | ||
| Ever hit, slapped, shoved, choked, kicked, shaken or otherwise physically hurt you? | ||
| Psychological | ||
| Ever been frightened for your safety, or that of your family or friends because of anger or threats of an intimate partner? | ||
| Ever put you down, or called you names repeatedly, or controlled your behavior | ||
*
Women were asked to name their three most recent adult intimate (heterosexual or homosexual) partners. They answered the WEB questions for each partner, and about the start and stop times of abuse in order to determine duration of abuse.
**
For each BRFSS question, women were first asked if the IPV occurred ever, and then whether the IPV occurred in the past five years and the past year.