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Measuring Economic Abuse in the Lives of Survivors: Revising the Scale of Economic Abuse

Recent attention has been given by researchers to understanding how abusers use economic abuse strategies. Unfortunately, limited measures are available to accurately understand the prevalence of economic abuse in the lives of survivors. Recently, researchers created the 28-item Scale of Economic Ab...

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Published in:Violence against women 2016-05, Vol.22 (6), p.692-703
Main Authors: Postmus, Judy L., Plummer, Sara-Beth, Stylianou, Amanda M.
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Language:English
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Summary:Recent attention has been given by researchers to understanding how abusers use economic abuse strategies. Unfortunately, limited measures are available to accurately understand the prevalence of economic abuse in the lives of survivors. Recently, researchers created the 28-item Scale of Economic Abuse (SEA) but further validation is needed. This article describes the psychometric evaluation of the SEA through confirmatory and exploratory factor analyses using data collected with 120 survivors of abuse. The findings provide evidence for the reliability and validity of the SEA-12 as a shorter instrument to measure economic abuse as a distinct form of abuse.
ISSN:1077-8012
1552-8448
DOI:10.1177/1077801215610012