The gaslighting relationship exposure inventory

Reliability and validity in two cultures

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ID2936200
AuthorsTair Tager-Shafrir (0000-0001-7846-6765, The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College, corresponding author), Ohad Szepsenwol (0000-0002-0561-172X, The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College), Maayan Dvir (0000-0002-6589-8275, Reichman University), Osnat Zamir (0000-0003-2542-040X, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
Year2024
Volume41
Issue10
Pages3123-3146
Publication date2024-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Social and Personal Relationships (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0265-4075 • E-ISSN: 1460-3608
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/02654075241266942
OpenAlexW4400956385
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited30

Gaslighting, a form of psychological abuse, has received increasing attention in recent years. The current research provides reliability and validity evidence for a new 11-item measure of exposure to gaslighting by a romantic partner: The Gaslighting Relationship Exposure Inventory (GREI). Two studies were conducted with Israeli ( N = 509) and American ( N = 395) community samples. Participants were involved in a romantic relationship and completed an online questionnaire that included measures of intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization, depression, and relationship satisfaction. In both studies, the GREI items loaded onto a single factor of relationship gaslighting exposure. The scale demonstrated metric gender invariance and was reliable in both men and women. Relationship gaslighting exposure was strongly linked with psychological abuse victimization and weakly linked with other forms of IPV victimization, thus showing strong convergent and discriminant validity. Moreover, relationship gaslighting exposure was associated with greater depression and lower relationship quality, above and beyond other forms of IPV victimization. The results support the reliability and validity of the GREI in both men and women, as well as its utility for the study of gaslighting exposure within relationships. The current research highlights that gaslighting is a distinct form of psychological abuse with unique implications for personal and relational well-being

Confirmatory factor analysis · Convergent validity · Discriminant validity · Domestic violence · Injury prevention · Measurement invariance · Poison control · Psychometrics · Reliability (semiconductor · Scale (ratio · Structural equation modeling · Validity · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Clinical Psychology · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology

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