The Healing after Gender-Based Violence Scale (GBV-Heal): An Instrument to Measure Recovery Progress in Women-Identifying Survivors

Current literature has primarily equated gender-based violence recovery with an improvement of physical or mental health symptoms, causing a gap in our understanding of the impact of interventions beyond the amelioration of adverse symptomology. The purpose of this research was to create an instrume...

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Published in:Global qualitative nursing research 2021, Vol.8, p.2333393621996679-2333393621996679
Main Authors: Sinko, Laura, Schaitkin, Chris, Saint Arnault, Denise
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Domestic violence
Gender
Gender identity
Gender-based violence
Qualitative research
Quantitative psychology
Questionnaires
Recovery (Medical)
Single-Method
Transgender persons
Violence
Womens health
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Summary:Current literature has primarily equated gender-based violence recovery with an improvement of physical or mental health symptoms, causing a gap in our understanding of the impact of interventions beyond the amelioration of adverse symptomology. The purpose of this research was to create an instrument to holistically measure gender-based violence recovery based on survivor healing goals. Ethnographic interviews were conducted in women-identifying gender-based violence survivors (ages 18–76) to determine healing domains and develop items using survivor language (n = 56). Focus groups with academic and community experts (n = 12) and cognitive interviews with gender-based violence survivors (n = 12) were conducted to ensure content and face validity, as well as to evaluate acceptability. This yielded a 31-item instrument to measure healing progress on a 5-point Likert scale. The Healing after Gender-based Violence Scale has the potential to highlight survivor strength and growth while more accurately measuring their recovery process based on survivor goals and desires.
ISSN:2333-3936
2333-3936
DOI:10.1177/2333393621996679