Using the Woman Abuse Screening Tool to Screen for and Assess Dating Violence in College Students

Using the Woman Abuse Screening Tool to Screen for and Assess Dating Violence in College Students

The study aimed to evaluate the measurement properties of the Woman Abuse Screening Tool (WAST) in Chinese college students. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Hong Kong. A cutoff score of 10 was found to be able to discriminate between abused and nonabused Chinese young adults. The total sco...

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Veröffentlicht in:Violence against women 2018-07, Vol.24 (9), p.1039-1051
Hauptverfasser: Wong, Janet Yuen-Ha, Fong, Daniel Yee-Tak, Yau, Jessie Ho-Yin, Choi, Edmond Pui-Hang, Choi, Anna Wai-Man, Brown, Judith Belle
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Anxiety
Area Under Curve
Chinese languages
Clinical assessment
College students
Confirmatory factor analysis
Cross-Sectional Studies
Dating
Discriminant analysis
Domestic violence
Female
Hong Kong
Humans
Intimate partner violence
Intimate Partner Violence - psychology
Intimate Partner Violence - statistics & numerical data
Male
Mass Screening - methods
Mass Screening - standards
Mass Screening - statistics & numerical data
Measurement
Medical screening
Mental depression
Psychometrics - instrumentation
Psychometrics - methods
Psychometrics - statistics & numerical data
Quantitative psychology
ROC Curve
Students - psychology
Students - statistics & numerical data
Surveys and Questionnaires
Tests
Universities - organization & administration
Universities - statistics & numerical data
Young Adult
Young adults
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Zusammenfassung:The study aimed to evaluate the measurement properties of the Woman Abuse Screening Tool (WAST) in Chinese college students. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Hong Kong. A cutoff score of 10 was found to be able to discriminate between abused and nonabused Chinese young adults. The total score was significantly correlated with total scores for anxiety and depression on the Chinese version of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Two-factor structure of the WAST was supported by exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. The Chinese WAST was found to be valid in screening for and assessing intimate partner violence.
ISSN:1077-8012
1552-8448
DOI:10.1177/1077801217731542