@article{ref1,
title="Reliability and validity of a measure of sexual and physical abuse histories among women with serious mental illness",
journal="Child abuse and neglect",
year="1996",
author="Meyer, Ilan H. and Muenzenmaier, K. and Cancienne, J. and Struening, E.",
volume="20",
number="3",
pages="213-219",
abstract="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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0145-2134",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}