Reliability and validity of a measure of sexual and physical abuse histories among women with serious mental illness.
作者信息
Meyer I H, Muenzenmaier K, Cancienne J, Struening E
机构信息
Columbia University, School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA.
出版信息
Child Abuse Negl. 1996 Mar;20(3):213-9. doi: 10.1016/s0145-2134(95)00137-9.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this paper is to describe a standardized questionnaire of histories of abuse among women with serious and persistent mental illness, and to assess its test-retest reliability and its validity.
METHODS
Seventy women enrolled in an outpatient clinic were asked about childhood histories of physical and sexual abuse in a structured clinical interviews at two times.
RESULTS
Test-retest reliability yielded a Kappa of .63 for the measure of physical abuse, and .82 for the measure of sexual abuse. Validity, assessed as consistency with an independent clinical assessment, showed 75% agreement for reports of physical abuse, and 93% agreement for reports of sexual abuse.
CONCLUSIONS
Childhood histories of physical and sexual abuse can be reliably and validly assessed in women with severe and persistent mental illness using a standardized instrument.
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