Development and Validation of a Scale to Measure Intimate Partner Violence Among Transgender and Gender Diverse Populations: Protocol for a Linear Three-Phase Study (Project Empower)

Rob Stephenson   ^{1 *} , MA, MSc, PhD ;   Kieran Todd   ² , MPH ;   Kristi E Gamarel   ³ , PhD ;   Erin E Bonar   ^{2, 4, 5} , PhD ;   Sarah Peitzmeier   ^{1 *} , PhD

¹ Center for Sexuality and Health Disparities and The School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

² Center for Sexuality and Health Disparities, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

³ Center for Sexuality and Health Disparities and The School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

⁴ Addiction Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

⁵ The Injury Prevention Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

*these authors contributed equally