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  • Men's Health Research
  • Violence Measurement
  • Psychological Health

Background:

  • Existing research on men's health and violence is limited by narrow definitions of violence.
  • Previous studies often fail to account for the cumulative impact of various violence exposures.
  • A comprehensive measure is needed to accurately assess violence severity in men's health research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and initially test the Cumulative Lifetime Violence Severity scale.
  • To create a tool for measuring men's perceptions of cumulative lifetime violence severity.
  • To improve the conceptualization and measurement of violence in health research.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a scale considering dimensions: type, timing, focus, context, frequency, and distress.
  • Vetted items with male experts and revised to 64 items.
  • Tested reliability and used Principal Components Analysis on data from 685 Canadian men (ages 19-65).

Main Results:

  • The 44-item scale demonstrated good model fit and high reliability (Cronbach's alpha = .92).
  • Principal Components Analysis identified 11 components accounting for 64.06% of variance.
  • The scale showed strong convergent validity (r=0.750) and moderate concurrent validity with mental health measures.

Conclusions:

  • The Cumulative Lifetime Violence Severity-44 Scale is a promising, comprehensive measure for health research.
  • It uniquely considers gender, individual distress, and perpetrator/target experiences.
  • Further validation with diverse samples and confirmatory factor analysis are recommended.