@article{ref1,
title="Measuring adolescent violent behavior across groups: assessing measurement invariance of the Violent Behavior Checklist-Modified",
journal="Journal of interpersonal violence",
year="2017",
author="Cotter, Katie L. and Evans, Caroline B. R. and Smokowski, Paul R.",
volume="32",
number="7",
pages="1087-1102",
abstract="Measures of violent behavior are often assumed to function identically across different groups (e.g., gender, race/ethnicity). However, failure to verify measurement invariance can lead to biased cross-group comparisons. The current study examines the measurement invariance of the Violent Behavior Checklist-Modified across genders and race/ethnicities. Using multiple group confirmatory factor analysis, configural and metric invariance are assessed in a sample of racially/ethnically diverse middle and high school students (N = 4,128) in two rural counties. <br><br>RESULTS indicate that the Violent Behavior Checklist-Modified has partial measurement invariance across genders and race/ethnicities. Specifically, four out of six items were non-invariant across genders, while one out of six items was non-invariant across race/ethnicities. <br><br>FINDINGS suggest that the latent factor of violence may be qualitatively different across males and females. Implications are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-2605",
doi="10.1177/0886260515587665",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260515587665"
}