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Assessment of partner violence : a handbook for researchers and practitioners
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"Assessment of Partner Violence: A Handbook for Researchers and Practitioners provides comprehensive assessment information spanning five decades of research and three types of assessment methods: ...
"Assessment of Partner Violence: A Handbook for Researchers and Practitioners provides comprehensive assessment information spanning five decades of research and three types of assessment methods: interview, self-report measures, and analogue assessment/behavior coding devices. This one-of-a-kind handbook offers detailed descriptions and critiques of several dozen instruments in an easy-to-read reference format." "This volume covers target population, equipment needs, format, administration and scoring guidelines, psychometric analysis, primary and related references, and scale availability as well as advantages, limitations, and general recommendations." "In addition, the authors provide invaluable context by discussing key psychometric concepts and research issues as well as practical clinical issues in the assessment of partner violence."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Creator
- Jill H. Rathus and Eva L. Feindler
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2004]
- ©2004
- Physical Details
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- xviii, 394 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781591470052, 1591470056
- OCLC
- ocm53145290
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-369) and indexes.
- Why assess? Purposes of assessment in partner violence -- Modalities of assessment in partner violence -- Assessment of partner violence in clinical practice -- Research considerations in the assessment of partner violence : scale development, psychometrics, and measuring treatment outcome -- Research issues and challenges in the assessment of partner violence -- Interview measures -- Self-report measures specific to the assessment of partner abuse -- Self-report measures : assessment of general relationship functioning, anger and hostility, and other correlates of partner abuse -- Analogue methods and behavioral coding devices
Subjects
- Marital violence -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Sexual abuse victims -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Sex crimes -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Victims of family violence -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Spouse Abuse -- handbooks.
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- Data Collection -- methods -- handbooks.
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- Interview, Psychological -- handbooks.
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- Psychological Tests -- handbooks.
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- Surveys and Questionnaires -- handbooks.
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