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Transgender-Specific Intimate Partner Violence Scale

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The Transgender-Specific Intimate Partner Violence (T-IPV) Scale is an 8-item scale that screens for intimate partner violence among transgender individual, including controlling behaviors and psychological abuse.

Purpose: Purpose: Screening/Identification
Number of Items: 8
Violence Mode: Emotional/Psychological, Other
Population: Transgender
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: Respondents were considered to have experienced transgender-specific IPV if they answered "yes" to any of the items.

Reference: Peitzmeier, S. M., Wirtz, A. L., Humes, E., Hughto, J. M. W., Cooney, E., Reisner, S. L., & American Cohort To Study, H. I. V. A. A. T. W. (2021). The transgender-specific intimate partner violence scale for research and practice: Validation in a sample of transgender women. Social Science & Medicine, 291, 114495.
Link: http://10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114495

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