@article{ref1,
title="The composite abuse scale: further development and assessment of reliability and validity of a multidimensional partner abuse measure in clinical settings",
journal="Violence and victims",
year="2005",
author="Hegarty, Kelsey and Fracgp,  and Bush, Robert and Sheehan, Mary C.",
volume="20",
number="5",
pages="529-547",
abstract="Absence of a well-validated comprehensive partner abuse questionnaire has been a major methodological issue in domestic violence research. A new multidimensional measure of partner abuse, the Composite Abuse Scale (CAS), has four dimensions: Severe Combined Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Physical Abuse, and Harassment. A general practice patient sample (N = 1,836) has been used in the development and testing of CAS. Factor analyses in this current study confirmed the four dimensions from a preliminary nurses sample study and resulted in a final scale of 30 items consisting of acts of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. These four factors exhibited good internal reliability (Cronbach's alpha > 0.85) and the corrected item-total correlations were high (> 0.5). Evidence of criterion and construct validity is presented.",
language="en",
issn="0886-6708",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}