Abstract
Respondents' recall ability may compromise the validity of their report of lifetime experience of intimate partner violence (IPV). This study compared two interview methods: a commonly used structured interview method and the Life History Calendar (LHC) method, which combines a visual calendar with a semistructured interview schedule to help respondents gain better access to long-term memory. Comparison of two studies conducted with samples drawn from the same sampling frame found that, as hypothesized, the LHC method elicited more reports of lifetime IPV - especially abuse that occurred early in respondents' lives - than a structured interview survey method.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 151-163 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Social Work Research |
Volume | 29 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2005 |
Keywords
- Domestic violence
- Intimate partner violence
- Life History Calendar method
- Life course analysis
- Memory
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Sociology and Political Science