Table 1:
Factor analysis of definitions of intimate partner violence among gay and bisexual men. Data are from a venue-based self-completed survey with gay and bisexual men, 2011 (N=912).
| Items | Factor Loading | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| All men | White men | Black men | |
| Domain 1: Physical & Sexual | |||
| Eigenvalue (Proportion of Variance Explained) | 9.6985 (0.3233) | 9.21088 (0.3070) | 10.20997 (0.3403) |
| Combined Cronbach Alpha | 0.8458 | 0.8167 | 0.8987 |
| Slap you | 0.8312 | 0.8044 | 0.8836 |
| Punch you | 0.8272 | 0.7655 | 0.8756 |
| Hit you | 0.8289 | 0.7715 | 0.8769 |
| Kick you | 0.8272 | 0.7655 | 0.8775 |
| Push you | 0.8567 | -- | 0.9021 |
| Force you to do something sexually that you didn’t want to do | 0.8717 | -- | 0.9035 |
| Rape you | 0.8322 | 0.7883 | 0.8793 |
| Damage your property (for example, break a TV or cell phone) | 0.8458 | 0.8368 | 0.8894 |
| Domain 2: Monitoring | |||
| Eigenvalue (Proportion of Variance Explained) | 4.16566 (0.1389) | 3.80936 (0.1270) | 4.04978 (0.1350) |
| Combined Cronbach Alpha | 0.9226 | 0.9279 | 0.9148 |
| Demand access to your cell phone | 0.9022 | 0.9031 | 0.8997 |
| Demand access to your email | 0.8983 | 0.9015 | 0.8918 |
| Read your text messages without your knowledge | 0.8944 | 0.9013 | 0.8837 |
| Read your email without your knowledge | 0.8928 | 0.9002 | 0.8829 |
| Repeatedly post on your social networking pages | 0.9345 | 0.946 | 0.9186 |
| Domain 3: Controlling | |||
| Eigenvalue (Proportion of Variance Explained) | 1.76858 (0.0509) | 1.73009 (0.0577) | 1.95378 (0.0651) |
| Combined Cronbach Alpha | 0.8860 | 0.8864 | 0.8869 |
| Prevent you from seeing your family | 0.8531 | 0.8522 | 0.8573 |
| Prevent you from seeing his family | 0.8606 | 0.8683 | 0.8541 |
| Prevent you from seeing your friends | 0.8435 | 0.8384 | 0.8452 |
| Prevent you from seeing his friends | 0.8569 | 0.8559 | 0.8618 |
| Domain 4: HIV-related | |||
| Eigenvalue (Proportion of Variance Explained) | 1.47115 (0.0490) | 1.56658 (0.0522) | 1.44745 (0.0482) |
| Combined Cronbach Alpha | 0.8512 | 0.8476 | 0.8326 |
| Lie to you about his HIV status | 0.716 | 0.6995 | 0.7931 |
| Not tell you he had HIV before you had sex | 0.7156 | 0.683 | 0.7886 |
| Intentionally transmit HIV to you | 0.8999 | 0.9122 | 0.8000 |
| Cheat on you | -- | -- | 0.8031 |
| Put his sexual needs before yours | -- | -- | 0.8349 |
| Domain 5: Emotional | |||
| Eigenvalue (Proportion of Variance Explained) | 1.25644 (0.0419) | 1.138720 (0.0462) | 1.25642 (0.0419) |
| Combined Cronbach Alpha | 0.7152 | 0.7607 | 0.6994 |
| Call you fat | 0.6707 | 0.7207 | 0.6422 |
| Ask or tell you to “act straight” around certain people | 0.5996 | 0.699 | 0.5844 |
| Criticize your clothes | 0.6031 | 0.6898 | 0.5924 |
| Put his sexual needs before yours | -- | 0.7092 | -- |
| Total Chronbach Alpha for All Domains Combined | 0.9060 | 0.8960 | 0.9147 |