Development and validation of the Child-to-Mother Violence Scale
Michel Edenborough Senior researcher officer, Family and Community Health Research Group, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Lesley M Wilkes Professor of nursing and dean of research students, Family and Community Health Research Group, University of Western Sydney and Sydney West Area Health Service, Australia
Debra Jackson Professorial fellow, School of Nursing, Family and Community Health Research Group, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Judy Mannix Senior lecturer, School of Nursing, Family and Community Health Research Group, University of Western Sydney, Australia
This article describes the development and tests the reliability and validity of a new survey instrument, the Child-to-Mother Violence Scale (CMVS). This instrument was devised specifically to measure data regarding the incidence, perpetrators, targets, experiences and influences on child-to-mother violence as the first phase of a larger study that investigated child-to-mother violence in the western suburbs of Sydney, Australia.
Nurse Researcher.
18, 2, 63-76.
doi: 10.7748/nr2011.01.18.2.63.c8285
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