Table 3.
Cronbach's α of the VAWI psychological, physical and sexual violence scales and total scale, lifetime (N=573)
| Scales | α if item deleted |
|---|---|
| Psychological violence | |
| Insulted me in a way that made me feel bad about myself | 0.75 |
| Belittled and humiliated me in front of other people | 0.71 |
| Tried to scare and intimidate me on purpose (eg, by the way he/she looked at you, by yelling or smashing things) | 0.72 |
| Threatened to hurt me or someone I care about | 0.76 |
| Total | 0.79 |
| Physical violence | |
| Pushed or shoved me | 0.81 |
| Threw something at me that could have hurt me | 0.75 |
| Hit me with his/her fist or with some other object that could have hurt me | 0.73 |
| Kicked and dragged me and beat me up | 0.75 |
| Choked me or burnt me on purpose | 0.76 |
| Hurt me with a knife, a gun or some other weapon | 0.80 |
| Total | 0.80 |
| Sexual violence | |
| Demanded to have sex with me even though I did not want to (but did not use physical force) | 0.77 |
| Forced me to have sex against my will by using his/her physical strength (by hitting, holding me firmly or threatening me with a weapon) | 0.64 |
| Forced me to perform sexual acts that I experienced as degrading and/or humiliating | 0.54 |
| Total | 0.72 |
| Violence scale, total | 0.88 |
VAWI, Violence Against Women instrument.
Total scores of each subscale as well as for the total score of all sub-scales combined are boldfaced.