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Instrument Title

EAPA-P: Escala de Abuso Psicológico Aplicado en la Pareja (Scale of Psychological Abuse in Intimate Partner Violence)

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Source Article

Porrua-Garcia, C., Rodriguez-Carballeira, A., Escartin, J., GomezBenito, J., Almendros, C., & Martin-Pena, J. (2016). Development and validation of the scale of psychological abuse in intimate partner violence (EAPA-P). Psicothema. 28(2): 214-221

Response Options

5-point Likert scale ranging form 0 (never) to 4 (continually)

Survey Items

  1. My partner interpreted the things that affected us in his own way
  2. My partner insisted that in our relationship we should be above the pain and discomfort that each of us could feel
  3. My partner controlled everything I did
  4. My partner treated me as if I were his private servant
  5. My partner controlled our money and restricted my use of it as much as possible
  6. My partner denigrated my initiatives or proposals
  7. My partner treated me with scorn
  8. My partner kept me from freely leaving the house
  9. My partner hid important information from me
  10. My partner show a lack of appreciation of my role as a mother and wife
  11. My partner was affectionate only when it was in his own interest
  12. My partner kept me from establishing relationships with the people around me
  13. When talking about my work, my partner referred to me in an offensive way
  14. My partner gave me various warnings to make me behave the way he wanted me to
  15. My partner did not tolerate my disagreeing with him
  16. My partner kept me from doing activities that I felt like doing
  17. My partner tried to keep me away from my family members
  18. It bother my partner when I expressed my feelings
  19. My partner blamed me for things I wasn’t responsible

Internal Reliability

Cronbach’s α = 0.93

Validity

Content Validity, Construct Validity, and Criterion Validity, and Factor Structure

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Terms Of Use

Individuals may use this information for research or educational purposes only and may not use this information for commercial purposes. When using this instrument, please cite:

Porrua-Garcia, C., Rodriguez-Carballeira, A., Escartin, J., GomezBenito, J., Almendros, C., & Martin-Pena, J. (2016). Development and validation of the scale of psychological abuse in intimate partner violence (EAPA-P). Psicothema. 28(2): 214-221

When presenting results using any survey information you obtained from the SABI, please acknowledge the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), an NIH funded program P30 AI50410.