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EXPERIMENTAL INVENTORY
FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
from THE LIES THAT BIND: THE PERMANENCE OF CHILD ABUSE
copyright 1999 Heyward Bruce Ewart,III, Ph.D.
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Intent
This inventory, which has been administered to approximately 100 women known to have been abused by their partners, has yielded a consistent response, such as "I didn’t know I was being abused until I took the test. I thought my relationship was normal but just had some problems."
Therefore, the intent is to help victims realize that they are in an abusive relationship.
Use
The inventory is for use by counselors, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and clergy either to 1) determine the likelihood of abuse or to 2) convince the victim that she is indeed being abused, and thus break through both "numbing" and denial.
INTENDED USERS
Emergency departments
Rape crisis centers
Domestic abuse shelters
Courthouses, department where women file injunctions for protection
(usually under the State Attorney’s office)
Community mental health centers
Drug and alcohol treatment centers
Psychiatric hospitals and hospital departments of psychiatry
Professionals as mentioned under "Use", above
City offices of victim services
Women’s advocacy groups
Origination of inventory
Evolved through 18 years of experience treating and intervening for abuse victims. Based on commonly seen symptoms and self reports of several hundred women. Also, selected questions obtained through the Mennonite domestic violence project.
The Inventory
1.Are you afraid of your partner?
2.Do you feel as though you have to "walk on eggshells" to keep your partner
from getting grouchy?
3. Has your partner ever hit, slapped, or pushed you?
4. Do your feel you deserve to be punished?
5. Do you ever have the feeling you’ve done something wrong but you don’t know what it is?
6. Have you lost respect or love for your partner?
7. Are you ever afraid your partner will hurt the children?
8. Have you ever daydreamed of killing or disabling your partner?
9. Is your partner good to you most of the time but suddenly gets scary?
10. Are the children afraid of your partner?
11. Does your partner ever tell you you’re crazy?
12. Has your partner ever threatened to hurt you?
13. Do you ever fear you may be seriously hurt by your partner?
14. Has your partner ever threatened to commit suicide?
15. Has anybody warned you to get out of the relationship?
16. Were you abused or neglected as a child?
17. Has your partner forced you to do things you don’t want to do?
18. If you say "no" to your partner, is there danger?
19. Have you lost any friends due to your partner?
20. Does your partner have to approve where you go and when?
21. Have you lost a job because of your partner?
22. Does your partner stop you from doing things you want to do?
23. Does your partner doubt your word; that is, not believe you?
24. Do you feel emotionally numb?
25. Are you afraid to tell anyone what’s really going on?
26. Have you ever wanted to call the police or someone else for protection?
27. Do you ever feel hopeless about your situation?
28. Have you ever thought about running away?
29. Does your partner change when using alcohol or drugs?
30. Are you forced into sex when you’re not willing?
31. Do you feel like your partner’s personal possession?
32. Have you ever been in a violent or controlling relationship before?
33. Was there bad fighting in the family you grew up in?
34. Are you a grown child of an alcoholic or drug abuser?
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