Table 4.

Description of instruments used to measure study constructs

Construct	Instrument	Possible scores	How measured for analysis
Child sexual abuse	Severity of Childhood Sexual Abuse Scale (SCSAS)a	0- 14	≥ 1 indicated an experience of CSA
Alcohol misuse	Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption Items (AUDIT-C)b	0- 12	≥ 3 positive for risk drinking/misuse per instrument scoring guidelines
Substance use	The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST)c		‘Ever used’ and ‘use in the past 3 months’
Intimate partner violence	Conflict Tactics Score Revised (CTS2)d		One or more physically violent or sexually coercive events in past year

^aDraucker, 1997

^bDawson, Grant, Stinson, & Zhou, 2005

^cWorld Health Organization ASSIST Working Group, 2002

^dStraus, Hamby, Boney-McCoy, & Sugarman, 1986