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Gender-Based Household Maltreatment (GBHM) scale

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The Gender-Based Household Maltreatment (GBHM) scale is a 25-item measure that addresses maltreatment of women, covering six domains: economic control, medical care impairment, lack of domestic support, child neglect, physical care impairment, and physical control.

Purpose: Purpose: Screening/Identification
Number of Items: 25
Violence Mode: Financial/Economic, Other
Population: Women
Language: English
Mode of Admin: Self-administered
Time Frame: Perinatal, Postpartum period, Pregnancy

Additional Details

Country: India
Adaptations: N/A
Relationship Focus: Current romantic/dating partner; In-laws
Setting: Clinical
Scoring Info: Endorsed items are summed together (1 point each). The total can be scored separately for perinatal (7 total points possible), pregnancy (9 total points possible) and postpartum (7 total points possible). The scale can also be calculated with all 25 items to assess total GBHM. Higher scores indicate greater levels of maltreatment.

Reference: Ritter, J., Dasgupta, A., Raj, A., Decker, M. R., Nair, S., Trivedi, A., ... & Silverman, J. G. (2019). Measuring gender-based household maltreatment in urban slums of Mumbai, India. Journal of interpersonal violence, 0886260519864370. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260519864370
Link: http://10.1177/0886260519864370

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