Document Type
Article
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-18-00154
Abstract
Scholars have defined economic abuse (EA) as tactics used by abusive partners to undermine the self-sufficiency and economic self-efficacy of survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). However, no measures of EA have been tested in non-IPV-service seeking samples. The current study assesses the psychometric properties of the Scale of Economic Abuse (SEA)-12 (Postmus, Plummer, & Stylianou, 2016) in a nonservice seeking sample of adult females attending community college. A quantitative web-based survey was administered to a simple random sample of female community college students (n = 435). Analyses included confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and exploratory factor analysis (EFA). CFA indicated a poor fit for the three-factor model of the SEA-12 in this sample. The results of the EFA found a single factor model retaining four items (the Scale of Economic Abuse-Short, or SEAS). Women are experiencing EA outside of IPV service-seeking populations, and that tactics of economic control seem to be central to EA in this sample. [The published Version of this work, published by Springer Publishing Company in Violence and Victims, is available online: https://connect.springerpub.com/content/sgrvv/35/1/3 DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-18-00154]
Disciplines
Social and Behavioral Sciences | Social Work
Publication Date
2-1-2020
Language
English
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Schrag, Rachel Voth and Ravi, Kristen, "MEASUREMENT OF ECONOMIC ABUSE AMONG WOMEN NOT SEEKING SOCIAL OR SUPPORT SERVICES AND DWELLING IN THE COMMUNITY" (2020). Social Work Faculty Publications & Presentations. 66.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/socialwork_facpubs/66