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Work/School Abuse Scale

The Work/School Abuse Scale is a 12-item screening tool used to assess physical and nonphysical tactics used by intimate partners to prevent their partner from or interfere with them going to work or school, including two subscales: restraint tactics and interference tactics

Purpose: Purpose: Screening/Identification
Number of Items: 12
Violence Mode: Physical, Verbal
Population: Women
Language: English
Mode of Admin: Self-administered
Time Frame: Lifetime/Any/Ever

Additional Details

Country: United States
Adaptations: N/A
Relationship Focus: Current or former romantic/dating partner
Setting: General/Home
Scoring Info: Items are scored 0 if there is no interference and 1 if there is interference with work or school

Reference: Riger, S., Ahrens, C., & Blickenstaff, A. (2000). Measuring interference with employment and education reported by women with abusive partners: Preliminary data. Violence and Victims, 15(2), 161–172.

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