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CENTER FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH ABUSE INDEX
Are You In An Abusive Situation?
This questionnaire is designed to help you decide if you are living in an abusive situation. There are different forms of abuse, and not every woman experiences all of them. Below are various questions about your relationship with a man. As you can see, each possible answer has points assigned to it. By answering each question and then totaling these points as directed, you can compare your score with our Abuse Index. You will know if you are living in a potentially violent situation. And if you are abused, you will have some estimate of how really dangerous that abuse is.
Directions: Circle the response to each question that best describes your relationship.
F = Frequently; S = Sometimes; R = Rarely; N = Never
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1. Does he continually monitor your time and make you account for every minute (when you run errands, visit friends, commute to work, etc.)? F: 3 S: 2 R: 1 N: 0 3. Is he ever rude to your friends? F: 3 S: 2 R: 1 N: 0
5. Do you ever feel isolated and alone, as if there was nobody close to you to confide in? F: 3 S: 2 R: 1 N: 0
7. Does he demand a strict account of how you spend money? F: 3 S: 2 R: 1 N: 0 9. Is he disturbed by you working or by the thought of you working? F: 3 S: 2 R: 1 N: 0 11. Does he pressure you for sex much more often than you'd like? F: 3 S: 2 R: 1 N: 0 13. Do you quarrel much over financial matters? F: 3 S: 2 R: 1 N: 0 15. Does he ever strike you with his hands or feet(slap, punch, kick)? F: 6 S: 5 R: 4 N: 0
17. Does he ever threaten you with an object or weapon? F: 6 S: 5 R: 4 N: 0 19. Does he ever give you visible injuries (such as welts, bruises, cuts, lumps on head)? F: 6 S: 5 R: 4 N: 0
21. Have you ever had to seek professional aid for an injury at a medical clinic, doctor's office or hospital emergency room? F: 6 S: 5 R: 4 N: 0 23. Is he ever violent toward children? F: 6 S: 5 R: 4 N: 0
25. Does he ever throw objects or break things when he is angry? F: 6 S: 5 R: 4 N: 0 27. Have you ever called the police or tried to call them because you felt you or other members of your family were in danger? F: 6 S: 5 R: 4 N: 0 |
2. Does he ever accuse you of having affairs with other men or act suspicious that you are? F: 3 S: 2 R: 1 N: 0
4. Does he ever discourage you from starting friendships with other women? F: 3 S: 2 R: 1 N: 0
6. Is he overly critical of daily things, such as your cooking, your clothes, or your appearance? F: 3 S: 2 R: 1 N: 0 8. Do his moods change radically, from very calm to very angry or vice-versa? F: 3 S: 2 R: 1 N: 0 10. Does he become angry more easily if he drinks? F: 3 S: 2 R: 1 N: 0 12. Does he become angry if you don't want to go along with his requests for sex? F: 3 S: 2 R: 1 N: 0 14. Do you quarrel much about having children or raising them? F: 3 S: 2 R: 1 N: 0 16. Does he ever strike you with an object? F: 6 S: 5 R: 4 N: 0
18. Has he ever threatened to kill either himself or you? F: 6 S: 5 R: 4 N: 0 20. Have you ever had to treat any injuries from his violence with first aid? F: 6 S: 5 R: 4 N: 0
22. Does he ever hurt you sexually or make you have intercourse against your will? F: 6 S: 5 R: 4 N: 0
24. Is he ever violent toward other people outside your home and family? F: 6 S: 5 R: 4 N: 0 26. Has he ever been in trouble with the police? F: 6 S: 5 R: 4 N: 0 |
To score your responses simply add up the points following each question. This sum is your Abuse Index Score. To get some idea of how abusive your relationship is, compare your Score with the following:
120-94 Dangerously abusive
93-37 Seriously abusive
36-15 Moderately abusive
14- 0 Non-abusive
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