@article{ref1,
title="Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Portuguese Version of the Multidimensional Scale of Dating Violence 2.0 in young university students",
journal="Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)",
year="2024",
author="Tarriño-Concejero, Lorena and Cerejo, Dalila and Arnedillo-Sánchez, Socorro and Praena-Fernández, Juan Manuel and García-Carpintero Muñoz, María Ángeles",
volume="12",
number="7",
pages="e759-e759",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Dating violence has become a problem of social relevance with short- and long-term health consequences. Nurses are in a privileged position to detect and address this problem in health facilities and as school nurses in schools, providing health education and detecting this violence correctly. <br><br>AIM: The aim of this study was to evaluate the cross-cultural validation of the Portuguese version of the Multidimensional Scale of Dating Violence-Short (MSDV 2.0). <br><br>METHODS: A validation investigation was carried out in two phases: (1) cross-cultural adaptation of the items and content validation of the Portuguese version of MSDV 2.0 and (2) psychometric validation. <br><br>RESULTS: Phase (1): The items of the original version include a cross-cultural translation from Spanish to Portuguese and analysed by a group of experts in gender violence and by the authors of the original scale, then a back translation was made and again reviewed by the experts. Young university students also participated for face validity, and a pilot test was carried out. Phase (2): Confirmatory factor analysis was performed using the robust maximum-likelihood estimation method, which confirmed the five-dimensional structure, obtaining good fit rates (chi-square significance (χ(2)) = 187.860 (p < 0.0001); root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) = 0.049; comparative fit index (CFI) = 0.937; Tucker-Lewis index (TLI) = 0.923). Reliability analysis indicated adequate internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha (α) = 0.88 to 0.70). Finally, scores of the Portuguese versions MSDV 2.0 were correlated, as expected, positively with the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21) (r = 0.36 to 0.16) and negatively with the Medical Outcomes Study Questionnaire Short Form 36, Health Survey (SF-36) (r = -0.30 to -0.14). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: To date, it is the only instrument that measures dating violence in a multidimensional way validated in the Portuguese university context.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2227-9032",
doi="10.3390/healthcare12070759",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12070759"
}