Psychological Abuse in Violent Domestic Relations [Paperback]

This volume addresses the importance of measuring psychological abuse and shows that psychological aggression can be reliably measured. Part I identifies measurement issues and contains several scales and inventories for measuring psychological maltreatment. Part II discusses the interpersonal dynamics with specific populations, including battered women, low-income women, and African American women. This remains an important resource in the field of domestic violence.

Contributors
Preface: Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones, But Name Will Also Hurt Me: Psychological Abuse in Domestically Violence Relationships,Roland Maiuro
Acknowledgments
Part I. Measurement Issues

1. Psychological Abuse: A Variable Deserving Critical Attention in Domestic Violence,K. Daniel O'Leary
2. Measuring Emotional Abuse in Dating Relationships as a Multifactorial Construct,Christopher M. Murphy and Sharon A. Hoover
3. The Validation of the Psychological Maltreatment of Women Inventory,Richard M. Tolman
4. The Dominance Scale: Preliminary Psychometric Properties, Sherry L. Hamby
5. A Scale for Identifying Stockholm Syndrome Reactions in Young Dating Women: Factor Structure, Reliability, and Validity,Dee L.R. Graham, Edna I. Rawlings, Kim Ihms, Diane Latimer, Janet Foliano, Alicia Thompson, Kelly Suttman, Mary Farrington, and Rachel Hacker
6. The Reliability and Factor Structure of the Index of Spouse Abuse With African-American Women,Doris Williams Campbell, Jacquelyn Campbell, Christine King, Barbara Parker, and Josephine Ryan
7. Measuring Interference With Employment and Education Reported by Women With Abusive Partners: Preliminary Data,Stephanie Riger, Courtney Ahrens, and Amy Blickenstaff

Part II. Interrelationships and Outcomes

8. Psychological Abuse: Implications for Adjustment and Commitment to Leave Violent Partners,Ileana Arias and Karen T. PapelCÁ