TY - JOUR PY - 2017// TI - Attitude to Non-Violence Scale: validity and practical use JO - Journal of interpersonal violence A1 - Craven, Rhonda G. A1 - Seaton, Marjorie A1 - Yeung, Alexander S. SP - 2018 EP - 2045 VL - 32 IS - 13 N2 - This study used recent advances in attitude and self-perception research to develop an Attitude to Non-Violence Scale (ANVS). Participants were students from six high schools in Australia (N = 727). Confirmatory factor analysis using within-construct and between-construct validation approaches found two positive attitude sub-scales: Cognitive (proactive understanding) and Affective (do not endorse violence), both showing convergent and discriminant validity. Scale equivalence tests found that the sub-scales were applicable to boys and girls and to junior and senior grades. Structural equation modeling found that boys had less supportive attitudes to non-violence cognitively, whereas female students in senior secondary classes had less positive attitudes to non-violence affectively. The ANVS can be easily administered to assess youth's non-violence attitudes, which may direct interventions focusing on boys' cognitive aspects while maintaining girls' positive affective attitudes toward non-violence as they mature. The positively framed instrument is suitable for education settings especially in high-risk locations where violence is prevalent.

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LA - en SN - 0886-2605 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260515590785 ID - ref1 ER -