With lifetime intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization rates for self-identified men between 14% and 20%, and an expanding understanding of gender as a nonbinary construct, practitioners in some clinical environments have expressed interest in screening all patients for IPV. Yet, few IPV screening instruments have been validated for use in nonfemale populations. This research tests the appropriateness and acceptability of a screening instrument developed for use with women.

A literature review was completed to determine the current state of research into IPV screening practices tailored to men. Next, cognitive interviews were conducted to test a 9-question IPV screening instrument with men considered at average and elevated risk for experiencing partner violence. Participants were read the questions aloud and asked about item comprehension and question appropriateness and acceptability.

The literature review uncovered no published reports describing routine clinic based IPV screening of men, and only two screening instruments had been validated with men. Twenty men participated in cognitive interviews from a variety of settings in a large urban center. All participants accurately described the intended meaning of each question and verified the appropriateness of asking the questions.

This work addresses the gap in research on routine IPV screening with men, building on efforts to screen individuals and support improved health and response to violence to those across the gender spectrum.

由于自我认同的男性的终生亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 受害率在 14% 到 20% 之间，并且对性别作为一种非二元结构的理解不断扩大，一些临床环境中的从业者表示有兴趣对所有患者进行 IPV 筛查。然而，很少有 IPV 筛查工具经过验证可用于非女性人群。这项研究测试了为女性开发的筛查工具的适当性和可接受性。

完成了文献回顾以确定针对男性的 IPV 筛查实践的研究现状。接下来，进行认知访谈以测试一个包含 9 个问题的 IPV 筛查工具，其中男性被认为遭受伴侣暴力的风险处于平均水平和较高水平。参与者被大声朗读问题并询问项目理解以及问题的适当性和可接受性。

文献回顾未发现任何已发表的报告描述基于常规临床的男性 IPV 筛查，只有两种筛查工具已在男性身上得到验证。20 名男性参加了来自大型城市中心不同环境的认知访谈。所有参与者都准确地描述了每个问题的预期含义，并验证了提出问题的适当性。

这项工作解决了对男性进行常规 IPV 筛查的研究中的空白，建立在筛查个人和支持改善健康和应对暴力对跨性别人群的努力的基础上。