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A Population-Based Study of the Prevalence and Distinctiveness of Battering, Physical Assault, and Sexual Assault in Intimate Relationships
Paige Hall Smith
University Of North Carolina At Greensboro
Gloria E. Thornton
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Robert DeVellis
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
JoAnne Earp
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ann L. Coker
University of South Carolina
The types of violence subsumed under the term intimate partner violence includephysical assault, sexual assault, psychological abuse, and battering. This study is thefirst to estimate the prevalence of intimate partner violence by type (battering, physicalassaults, and sexual assaults) in a population-based sample of women aged 18 to 45. Theauthors describe the prevalence of partner violence by type as well as the demographic,health behavior, and health status correlates of intimate partner violence by type. Findingssupport the empirical distinction of battering and assault. Battering as measured bythe Women's Experiences With Battering (WEB) Scale provided the most comprehensivemeasure of intimate partner violence.
Key Words: battering • WEB Scale • women's
Violence Against Women, Vol. 8, No. 10,
1208-1232 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/107780102320562691
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