TY - JOUR
T1 - Outcome expectancies of partner abuse
T2 - Assessing perpetrators' expectancies and their associations with readiness to change, abuse, and relevant problems
AU - Meis, Laura A.
AU - Murphy, Christopher M.
AU - Winters, Jamie J.
PY - 2010/3
Y1 - 2010/3
N2 - Concerns about low motivation to change among perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV) have heightened interest employing behavior change models with this population. In the present investigation, a new scale was developed, the Outcome Expectancies for Partner Abuse (OEPA) Scale, assessing the negative and positive outcome expectancies of partner abuse. Items were generated from statements made by IPV offenders during videotaped group therapy sessions. Among a clinical sample of 130 IPV perpetrators, item psychometric properties, factor structure, and subscale validity were examined. Results indicated generally good psychometric properties and a 2-factor solution, with the exception of 4 items subsequently removed from the negative expectancies scale. Significant associations were demonstrated between instrument subscales, readiness to change, and self-reported abusive behavior. Additionally, positive expectancy scores correlated with anger problems and relationship adjustment whereas negative expectancy scores correlated with partner-reported IPV. Potential uses of the OEPA and future directions for psychometric research are discussed.
AB - Concerns about low motivation to change among perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV) have heightened interest employing behavior change models with this population. In the present investigation, a new scale was developed, the Outcome Expectancies for Partner Abuse (OEPA) Scale, assessing the negative and positive outcome expectancies of partner abuse. Items were generated from statements made by IPV offenders during videotaped group therapy sessions. Among a clinical sample of 130 IPV perpetrators, item psychometric properties, factor structure, and subscale validity were examined. Results indicated generally good psychometric properties and a 2-factor solution, with the exception of 4 items subsequently removed from the negative expectancies scale. Significant associations were demonstrated between instrument subscales, readiness to change, and self-reported abusive behavior. Additionally, positive expectancy scores correlated with anger problems and relationship adjustment whereas negative expectancy scores correlated with partner-reported IPV. Potential uses of the OEPA and future directions for psychometric research are discussed.
KW - Domestic violence
KW - Intimate partner violence
KW - Outcome expectancies
KW - Scale development
KW - Transtheoretical model
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U2 - 10.1177/1073191109343514
DO - 10.1177/1073191109343514
M3 - Article
C2 - 19797325
AN - SCOPUS:77949910627
SN - 1073-1911
VL - 17
SP - 30
EP - 43
JO - Assessment
JF - Assessment
IS - 1
ER -