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Utilization of the Brief Symptom inventory to discriminate between violent and nonviolent male relationship partners
S M Gavazzi1, T W Julian, P C McKenry
1Department of Family Relations and Human Development, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA. sgavazzi@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
Abstract:
This study reports on the use of the Brief Symptom Inventory, a shortened version of the Symptom Check List-90-Revised, to measure psychopathological symptoms that predict male domestic violence. A sample of 152 men and their partners reported on the severity of violent behavior present in their relationship. Discriminant analysis indicated variation in men's violent status as a function of psychopathological symptoms. Violent men evidenced higher scores on 7 of the 9 subscales of the Brief Symptom Inventory, namely, Depression, Anxiety, Hostility, Phobia, Paranoid Ideation, Interpersonal Sensitivity, and Psychoticism.
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