Instrument Title
PAS: Partner Abuse Scale (North America)
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Source Article
Attala, J. M., Hudson, W. W., McSweeney, M., & Features Submission, H. C. (1994). A partial validation of two short-form partner abuse scales. Women & Health, 21(2-3), 125-139. Please see attached PDFs for source article citations for physical/non-physical sub-scales of instrument used in North America.
Response Options
Likert scale including seven possible answers graduating in severity from 1 to 7 including never, very rarely, a little of the time, some of the time, a good part of the time, very frequently, or all the time.
Survey Items
Physical:
- Physically forces sex
- Pushes or shoves violently
- Hits or punches arms and body
- Threatens me with weapon
- Beats me so hard I need medical help
- Slaps my face and head
- Beats me when he drinks
- Makes me afraid for my life
- Physically throws me
- Hits and punches my face and head
- Beats my face so badly, I am ashamed to be seen
- Acts like he would like to kill me
- Threatens to cut or stab me
- Tries to choke or strangle me
- Knocks me down, kicks or stomps me
- Twists my fingers, arms, or legs
- Throws dangerous objects at me
- Bites or scratches me so badly that I bleed or bruise
- Violently pinches or twists my skin
- Badly hurts me when having sex
- Injures my breasts or genitals
- Tries to suffocate me
- Pokes or jabs me with pointed objects
- Has broken one or more of my bones
- Kicks my face and head
Non-physical:
- Belittles me
- Demands obedience to whims
- Becomes angry if I say you are drinking too much
- Demands I perform sex acts I do not like
- Becomes upset if my work is not done and thinks it should be
- Does not want me to have any male friends
- Tells me I am ugly and unattractive
- Tells me I couldn’t manage or care for myself without him
- Acts like I am his personal servant
- Insults or shames me in front of others
- Becomes very angry if I disagree with his point of view
- Is stingy in giving me money
- Belittles me intellectually
- Demands that I stay home
- Feels that I should not go to work or school
- Does not want me to socialize with my female friends
- Demands sex whether I want it or not
- Screams and yells at me
- Shouts and screams at me when he drinks
- Orders me around
- Has no respect for my feelings
- Acts like a bully towards me
- Frightens me
- Treats me like a dunce
- Is surly and rude to me
Internal Reliability
Cronbach’s α= 0.94 for physical and 0.95 for non-physical. Please see attached PDFs for specific reliability information for physical/non-physical sub-scales of instrument used in North America.
Validity
Discriminant validity reported. Please see attached PDFs for specific validity information for physical/non-physical sub-scales of instrument used in North America.
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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:
Attala, J. M., Hudson, W. W., McSweeney, M., & Features Submission, H. C. (1994). A partial validation of two short-form partner abuse scales. Women & Health, 21(2-3), 125-139. Please see attached PDFs for source article citations for physical/non-physical sub-scales of instrument used in North America.
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.