Intimate Partner Violence Attitude Scale (IPVAS) Revised
Instructions:
Please tick (☑) the box that best represents your level of agreement with each statement
below.
Response Options:
1 = Strongly Disagree | 2 = Disagree | 3 = Agree | 4 = Strongly Agree
Subscale Item Statement ☑1 ☑2 ☑3 ☑4
Abuse 1 As long as
my partner
doesn’t hurt
me, 'threats'
are
excused.
Abuse 2 During a
heated
argument,
it is okay
for me to
bring up
something
from my
partner’s
past to hurt
him or her.
Abuse 3 I think it
helps our
relationship
for me to
make my
partner
jealous.
Abuse 4 I don’t
mind my
partner
doing
something
just to
make me
jealous.
Abuse 5 During a
heated
argument,
it is okay
for me to
say
something
just to hurt
my partner
on purpose.
Abuse 6 It is no big
deal if my
partner
insults me
in front of
others.
Abuse 7 It is okay
for me to
accept
blame for
my partner
doing bad
things.
Abuse 8 It is okay
for me to
blame my
partner
when I do
bad things.
Violence 9 It would
never be
appropriate
to hit or try
to hit one’s
partner
with an
object.
Violence 10 It would
not be
appropriate
to ever
kick, bite,
or hit a
partner
with one's
fist.
Violence 11 Threatenin
g a partner
with a knife
or gun is
never
appropriate.
Violence 12 I think it is
wrong to
ever
damage
anything
that
belongs to
a partner.
Control 13 I would
never try to
keep my
partner
from doing
things with
other
people.
Control 14 I would be
flattered if
my partner
told me not
to talk to
someone of
the other
sex.
Control 15 I would not
stay with a
partner who
tried to
keep me
from doing
things with
other
people.
Control 16 It is okay
for me to
tell my
partner not
to talk to
someone of
the
opposite
sex.
Control 17 I would not
like my
partner to
ask me
what I did
every
minute of
the day.
Scoring Note: Item scores are weighted and summed up to create subscale scores. Higher
scores indicate more favorable attitudes toward dating violence behaviors, while lower
scores indicate more unfavorable attitudes toward IPV behaviors.
Original Citation:
Fincham, F. D., Cui, M., Braithwaite, S., & Pasley, K. (2008). Attitudes toward intimate
partner violence in dating relationships. Psychological Assessment, 20(3), 260-269.
https://doi.org/10.1037/1040-3590.20.3.260
