Using the Woman Abuse Screening Tool to Screen for and Assess Dating Violence in College Students

Janet Yuen-Ha Wong; Daniel Yee-Tak Fong; Jessie Ho-Yin Yau; Edmond Pui-Hang Choi; Anna Wai-Man Choi; Judith Belle Brown

doi:10.1177/1077801217731542

Using the Woman Abuse Screening Tool to Screen for and Assess Dating Violence in College Students

Janet Yuen-Ha Wong, Daniel Yee-Tak Fong, Jessie Ho-Yin Yau, Edmond Pui-Hang Choi^*, Anna Wai-Man Choi, Judith Belle Brown

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The study aimed to evaluate the measurement properties of the Woman Abuse Screening Tool (WAST) in Chinese college students. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Hong Kong. A cutoff score of 10 was found to be able to discriminate between abused and nonabused Chinese young adults. The total score was significantly correlated with total scores for anxiety and depression on the Chinese version of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Two-factor structure of the WAST was supported by exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. The Chinese WAST was found to be valid in screening for and assessing intimate partner violence.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1039-1051
Journal	Violence Against Women
Volume	24
Issue number	9
Online published	30 Oct 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801217731542
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2018
Externally published	Yes

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