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Citation

Aizpitarte A, Alonso-Arbiol I, Van de Vijver FJ, Perdomo MC, Galvez-Sobral JA, Garcia-Lopez E. J. Interpers. Violence 2017; 32(17): 2626-2646.

Affiliation

National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0886260515593543

PMID

26160857

Abstract

Accurate assessment of dating violence (DV) is crucial for evaluation and intervention planning. However, extant self-report measurement tools of DV do not adequately consider age-, generation-, and culture-specific issues, which are essential for its accurate conceptualization. To address these gaps, we developed the Violence in Adolescents' Dating Relationships Inventory (VADR I: ) and evaluated its psychometric properties. The VADRI was developed based on a qualitative approach for item development through adolescents' individual interviews, focus groups, and experts' judgments, followed by a quantitative approach for tool assessment. Two aspects of DV were addressed: victimization and perpetration. After the necessary cultural and linguistic adaptation of items, the instrument was administered to 466 adolescents from three Spanish-speaking countries: Guatemala, Mexico, and Spain. The items were best represented by a one-factor solution in each country, which suggests that DV is a unidimensional construct combining victimization and perpetration. Analyses of item-level factor weights and differential item functioning were conducted aimed at obtaining information about items that best represented the construct, resulting in a 26-item final version that was cross-culturally equivalent. Convergent validity was supported by positive correlations with the Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationships Inventory, and reliability analyses yielded favorable results (with all Cronbach's α values above.90). We conclude that the VADRI is a valid and reliable instrument for the assessment of DV in various cultural contexts.


Language: en

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