Development and Preliminary Psychometric Evaluation of the Domestic Violence—Related Financial Issues Scale (DV-FI)
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-2-2009
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260508317176
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 Information
Weaver, Terri L.; Sanders, Cynthia K.; Campbell, Carole L.; and Schnabel, Meg. (2009). "Development and Preliminary Psychometric Evaluation of the Domestic Violence—Related Financial Issues Scale (DV-FI)". Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 24(4), 569-585.