Measuring Economic Abuse in the Lives of Survivors: Revising the Scale of Economic Abuse

Postmus, Judy L.; Plummer, Sara-Beth; Stylianou, Amanda M.

doi:10.1177/1077801215610012

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Measuring Economic Abuse in the Lives of Survivors: Revising the Scale of Economic Abuse

Postmus, Judy L., Plummer, Sara-Beth, Stylianou, Amanda M.·2016·Violence Against Women

DOI 10.1177/1077801215610012

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Recent attention has been given by researchers to understanding how abusers use economic abuse strategies. Unfortunately, limited measures are available to accurately understand the prevalence of economic abuse in the lives of survivors. Recently, researchers created the 28-item Scale of Economic Abuse (SEA) but further validation is needed. This article describes the psychometric evaluation of the SEA through confirmatory and exploratory factor analyses using data collected with 120 survivors of abuse. The findings provide evidence for the reliability and validity of the SEA-12 as a shorter instrument to measure economic abuse as a distinct form of abuse.

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Authors: Postmus, J. L., Plummer, S.-B., & Stylianou, A. M.
Affiliations: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
Walden University (US)
Safe Horizon (US)
Corresponding author: Postmus, Judy L.
ORCID: Postmus, Judy L.
Stylianou, Amanda M.
Venue: Violence Against Women
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2015-10-27
Volume: 22
Issue: 6
Pages: 692-703
ISSN: 1077-8012 (ISSN-L)
1552-8448
DOI: 10.1177/1077801215610012
OpenAlex: W2279023562
Cited by: 151
References: 18
Citations by year: 2026: 21 · 2025: 32 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 21 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 2
FWCI: 4.99
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: Violence Against Women (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders: Allstate Foundation
Topics: Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
Social Sciences › Demography › Elder Abuse and Neglect
Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
Keywords: economic violence, abuse survivors, psychometric validation, factor structure, reliability statistics, validity, intimate partner violence, measurement instruments
MeSH terms: Intimate Partner Violence, Adult, Economics, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Psychometrics, United States, Reproducibility of Results, Survivors, Battered Women

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