ArticleBMC medical research methodology2019
Longitudinal inconsistency in responses to survey items that ask women about intimate partner violence.
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- Longitudinal inconsistencies in women's self-reports of lifetime experience of physical and sexual IPV: evidence from the MAISHA trial and follow-on study in North-western Tanzania.BMC women's health · 2022Trial
- Assessing methodological differences in estimating exposure to intimate-partner violence against women in Brazil: a multi-source observational analysis.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2026Article
- Strengthening Health Care Professionals' Collaborative Responses to Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence in Pregnancy: Protocol for an Exploratory Mixed Methods Study.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Sexual abuse among Mozambican women at risk for HIV/AIDS infection: The temporal stability of self-report.Journal of traumatic stress · 2025Article
- U.S. public perceptions on whether risk of dementia and stroke can be modified through maintaining or changing lifestyle.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Advancing methods for the biodemography of aging within social contexts.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2023Review
- Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration Denial and Underreporting in Cisgender Male Couples.Psychosocial intervention · 2023Article
- Risk factors affecting intimate partner violence occurrence in South Korea: Findings from the 2016 Domestic Violence Survey.PloS one · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundLongitudinal research has demonstrated that experiences of abuse and adversity are not consistently reported over time; however, there is a paucity of available evidence regarding the consistency of reporting experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) over time. This study aimed to investigate the consistency of self-reported IPV involving a partner or spouse. Differences in the health status of women according to consistency of IPV reporting was also investigated.
methodsSurvey data collected from the 1946-51 cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH) between 1996 and 2016 were used (n = 13,715). Consistency of self-reported IPV was evaluated by responses to the question "Have you ever been in a violent relationship with a partner/spouse?" Demographic and health characteristics of consistent and inconsistent reporters of IPV were compared. Multinomial logistic regression was used to determine the strength of the association between demographic and health characteristics of the women and their consistency of longitudinal reporting of IPV.
resultsThere were 10,966 women who answered IPV questions over six surveys, with 9610 women (87.6%) providing consistent responses. Inconsistent responses were provided by 1356 women (12.4%), of whom 258 (2.4%) reported IPV at all but one survey (Mainly IPV), 587 (5.3%) reported no IPV at all but one survey (Mainly no IPV), and 511 (4.7%) reported Mixed IPV responses over time. Women in the Mainly IPV group, and those in the Mixed IPV group were similar to those in the Consistent IPV group in demographic and health characteristics, whereas women in the Mainly no IPV group were similar to those in the Consistent never IPV group.
conclusionsIPV data collected at one time point may involve around 12% false negative or false positive responses. To increase reliability, IPV should be measured on more than one occasion, using different techniques and methods that account for intentional and unintentional over- and under-reporting.
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