Correlates of Cyber Dating Abuse Among Teens

Table 8 Items for psychological dating abuse (α = 0.897)

Damaged something that belonged to me^a
Started to hit me but stopped^a
Threatened to hurt me^a
Harmed or threatened to harm someone close to me^b
Would not let me do things with other people^a
Told me I could not talk to a person of the gender I date^a
Made me describe where I was every minute of the day^a
Insisted on knowing who I am with and where I am at all times^b
Tried to limit my contact with family^b
Tried to limit my contact with friends^b
Insulted me in front of others^a
Put down my looks^a
Blamed me for bad things he/she did^a
Called me names to put me down or make me feel bad^b
Made me feel unsafe or uneasy when we spend time alone together^c
Said things to hurt my feelings on purpose^a
Threatened to start dating someone else^a
Brought up something from the past to hurt me^a
Made me feel owned or controlled^c
Threatened to harm himself/herself if I broke up with him/her^d
Made me afraid to tell others the truth^c

^aItems are adapted from Foshee (1996)
^bThe control measure is from Michigan Department of Community Health (1997) and the item is adapted from Statistics Canada (2000)
^cThe fear measure is from Michigan Department of Community Health (1997)
^dThe item was developed for the current study