Development of the internalised Stigma on Intimate Partner Violence Scale

Dr Robyn Brunton from Charles Sturt’s School of Psychology, and an external collaborator, have developed and published a new scale that assesses internalised stigma on intimate partner violence (IPVIS). This stigma represents a significant barrier to help-seeking, so the IPVIS is important for clinical use (identifying this barrier) and IPV research.

This scale has widespread applicability and can be used with various people and relationship types. This scale is the first to address a significant issue in previous IPV research, which has disregarded men as victims of IPV and focused on heterosexual relationships.