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Table 1 Intimate partner violence (IPV) items and definitions

From: Exposure to family violence from childhood to adulthood

Physical IPV: reporting at least one of the following 9 experiences

During the past 5 years, has your spouse/partner or ex-spouse/ex-partner:

1 threatened to hit you with his/her fist or anything else that could have hurt you?

2 thrown anything at you that could have hurt you?

3 pushed, grabbed or shoved you in a way that could have hurt you?

4 slapped you?

5 kicked you, bit you, or hit you with his/her fist?

6 hit you with something that could have hurt you?

7 beaten you?

8 choked you?

9 used or threatened to use a gun or knife on you?

Sexual IPV: reporting at least one of the following 2 experiences

During the past 5 years, has your spouse/partner or ex-spouse/ex-partner:

1 forced you into any unwanted sexual activity, by threatening you, holding you down, or hurting you in some way?

2 subjected you to a sexual activity to which you were not able to consent. By this I mean were you drugged, intoxicated, manipulated or forced in other ways than physically?

Emotional IPV: reporting at least one of the following 7 experiences

Your spouse/partner or ex-spouse/ex-partner:

1 tries to limit your contact with family or friends;

2 puts you down or calls you names to make you feel bad;

3 is jealous and doesn’t want you to talk to other men or women;

4 harms, or threatens to harm, someone close to you;

5 harms or threatens to harm your pet(s);

6 demands to know who you are with and where you are at all times;

7 damages or destroys your possessions or property.