Intimate Partner Violence and Children’s Health After Parental Separation: Development and Psychometric Testing of the HELP-T Scale

Kathryn J. Spearman, Nancy Perrin, Christina Bethell, Kamila A. Alexander, Jennifer Hardesty, Jacquelyn Campbell, School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Child Maltreatment

Published online on May 06, 2025

Abstract

Child Maltreatment, Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 451-464, August 2026.
Validated instruments that measure intimate partner violence (IPV) following separation from an abusive co-parent (“post-separation abuse” (PSA)), are needed to understand and mitigate risks to child health. Items for the Healthcare, Economic, and Legal ...