Abstract
Emotional response questionnaire to domestic and sexual violence. Domestic and sexual violence against women has a negative impact on their health. The most frequent psychological consequences are depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. The aim of this research was to develop an instrument to identify the level of emotional distress in a crisis situation. The sample (N= 861) includes women, between 18 and 70 years old, who had been victims of domestic (n= 769) and sexual violence (n= 92). The questionnaire Emotional Response to Violence Questionnaire (REV) was composed by 22 items that provide information on Depression, Anxiety, Psychological Adjustment and Irritability scales. The close fit of the model proposed a priori for Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), showed that it constitute a suitable instrument for psychological evaluation in critical situations to be used with women who have been victims of domestic and/or sexual violence.
