As technology advances, new opportunities for partners to gain power and control in their romantic relationships are readily available. New cyber-based behaviors have slowly garnered scholarly attention, but measurement-related issues have not. We take the logical next steps to (1) develop and validate a comprehensive measure of intimate partner cyber abuse (IPCA) for adults using classical test theory and item response theory and (2) estimate IPCA prevalence rate for a range of relationship types. A sample of 1,500 adults, currently in an intimate partner relationship, 18 years or older, and living in the United States, completed an online questionnaire about their IPCA experiences within the 6 months prior. Two parameter logistic modeling and confirmatory factor analyses revealed a five-dimensional structure: cyber direct aggression, cyber sexual coercion, cyber financial control, cyber control, and cyber monitoring, with 14.85% of the sample experiencing at least one dimension. These IPCA dimensions were examined for differential functioning across gender identity, race, student status, and relationship type. Collectively, the findings have implications for IPCA measurement and related research, including theoretically derived hypotheses whose findings can inform prevention.

随着技术的进步，合作伙伴可以轻松获得新的机会，以控制自己的浪漫关系，并掌控自己的浪漫关系。基于网络的新行为逐渐引起了学术界的关注，但是与测量相关的问题却没有。我们采取合乎逻辑的下一步措施（1）使用经典的测试理论和项目反应理论开发和验证针对成年人的亲密伙伴网络滥用（IPCA）的综合措施，以及（2）估计一系列关系类型的IPCA患病率。居住在美国的1,500名成年人（目前有亲密伴侣关系，年龄在18岁以上）生活在美国，他们在6个月前完成了有关其IPCA经验的在线调查表。两个参数逻辑模型和验证性因素分析揭示了一个五维结构：网络直接攻击，网络性胁迫，网络财务控制，网络控制和网络监控，其中14.85％的样本至少具有一个维度。检查了这些IPCA维度在性别认同，种族，学生身份和人际关系类型方面的差异功能。总体而言，这些发现对IPCA测量和相关研究具有影响，包括从理论上得出的假设，这些假设的发现可以为预防提供依据。