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Abstract：
Despite domestic violence and related homicides perpetrated by partners and/or in-laws being a significant public health problem in India, there are no reliable and valid instruments to identify and intervene with women in domestic violence relationships. Continued domestic violence can escalate to severe, near-lethal, or lethal violence or homicide. The Danger Assessment (DA) is a risk assessment instrument designed to assess the likelihood of severe, near-lethal, or lethal violence in abusive relationships. However, the DA is not designed to determine the risk of future severe, near-lethal, or lethal violence by in-laws. In-law abuse plays a significant role in domestic violence-related homicides in India and other countries with similar cultural norms. This study addressed this gap by developing the Danger Assessment for in-laws (DA-L) to assess risk from in-laws, alongside the Danger Assessment for Women in India (DA-WI) to assess risk from partners. The study also examined the psychometric properties of the DA-L and DA-WI. Longitudinal data from 150 women in India were used to measure the reliability and validity of the two versions of the DA. The original DA items and additional risk items were examined using relative risk ratios for their relationship with severe violence at three-month follow-ups. Predictive validity was tested with the receiver operating characteristic curve. The study resulted in reliable and valid measures (11 items DA-L and 26-items DA-WI) of risk. The versions of the DA can be useful for practitioners in India and those working with Indian women in the US and other countries. The DAs can be used for identifying women in domestic violence relationships who are at risk for future severe domestic violence and guide the provision of tailored safety plans.
摘要：
尽管伴侣和/或公婆实施的家庭暴力和相关凶杀在印度是一个重大的公共卫生问题，没有可靠和有效的工具来识别和干预家庭暴力关系中的妇女。持续的家庭暴力可能会升级到严重，近乎致命,或者致命的暴力或者杀人.危险评估（DA）是一种风险评估工具，旨在评估严重，近乎致命,或者虐待关系中的致命暴力。然而,DA不是为了确定未来严重的风险，近乎致命,或公婆的致命暴力。在印度和其他具有类似文化规范的国家，法律虐待在与家庭暴力有关的凶杀案中起着重要作用。这项研究通过开发法律危险评估（DA-L）来评估法律上的风险来解决这一差距，与印度妇女危险评估（DA-WI）一起评估伴侣的风险。该研究还检查了DA-L和DA-WI的心理测量特性。来自印度150名女性的纵向数据用于衡量DA的两个版本的可靠性和有效性。在三个月的随访中，使用相对风险比检查了原始DA项目和其他风险项目与严重暴力的关系。用接收器工作特性曲线测试了预测有效性。该研究得出了可靠有效的风险度量（11项DA-L和26项DA-WI）。DA的版本对印度的从业者以及在美国和其他国家与印度女性一起工作的人很有用。DAs可用于识别家庭暴力关系中面临未来严重家庭暴力风险的妇女，并指导提供量身定制的安全计划。
