TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - Psychological Abuse of Chinese Wives
JO  - Journal of family violence
A1  - Tang, Catherine So-Kum
SP  - 299
EP  - 314
VL  - 13
IS  - 3
N2  - The present studies aimed to facilitate understanding of psychological wife abuse in Chinese families by extending the generality of the Index of Spouse Abuse (ISA) to Chinese. Study 1 examined the factorial validity of the original ISA using Chinese college students. Results of the confirmatory factor analysis rejected the 2-factor structure of the original ISA. Based on results of exploratory factor analysis, an alternative 19-item Chinese ISA was devised, which showed satisfactory internal consistency and correlated with the original ISA and the Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS). Study 2 aimed to determine the concurrent and construct validity of the Chinese ISA. Results showed that the scale could adequately differentiate between victims of wife abuse from those women who had no abuse experiences. It also correlated with the CTS, marital dissatisfaction, and negative mental health measures of general psychological symptoms, depression, and anxiety. The clinical cutting scores of the Chinese ISA were also determined to predict psychological and physical wife abuse in Chinese families.   psychological wife abuse - Chinese families - family violence.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0885-7482
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1022845123433
ID  - ref1
ER  -