Development and validation of the acceptance of dating violence questionnaire

2021 ◽  
pp. 026540752110541
Author(s):  
Laura Lara ◽  
Verónica Gómez-Urrutia
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Dating Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Item Questionnaire ◽  
Model Control ◽  
Violence Attitudes ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Adequate Internal Consistency

The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a questionnaire to measure the acceptance of dating violence among young Chileans, that evaluates both victimization and perpetration perspectives. Based on the Intimate Partner Violence Attitudes Scale, items were developed to fulfill these criteria and were refined through experts’ revisions and participant focus groups. The 30-item questionnaire created (with 15 similar items to measure both perpetration and victimization) was applied to 1120 Chilean high school and university students (14–27 years old, 59.9% females). Results of factorial analysis showed the questionnaire had an adequate fit with the correlated three-factor model (control, emotional violence, and physical violence) for each version (victimization and perpetration). Reliability analyses indicated an adequate internal consistency, and correlations with dating violence provide evidence on its concurrent validity. Results also showed that boys/men accepted more dating violence than girls/women, and adolescents than emerging adults.

Beliefs on Marital Violence Among Portuguese Adolescents: Monitoring Their Evolution and Relationship With Dating Violence

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 363-380
Author(s):  
Sofia Neves ◽  
Miguel Cameira ◽  
Sónia Caridade
Keyword(s):  
Dating Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Marital Violence ◽  
Traditional Beliefs ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Family ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Portuguese Adolescents

In the last two decades, the problem of violence in the family sphere in particular and in intimate relationships in general has been on the agenda for Portuguese governmental and nongovernmental agencies. Several initiatives and campaigns have been launched, which are aimed at reducing occurrence of this violence, particularly among teenagers. This present study aims to assess the evolution in adolescents' attitudes and behaviors concerning intimate partner violence. We collected data from a sample of adolescents (n = 913) to compare with corresponding data collected 7 years ago by Neves and Nogueira (2010) in a sample that had identical sociodemographic characteristics (n = 899). Both cohorts resided in the same areas in the northeastern region of Portugal. The instruments used were the Scale of Beliefs about Marital Violence (ECVC) and the Marital Violence Inventory (IVC; Neves & Nogueira, 2010). The results indicate that although respondents tend to reject traditional beliefs on marital violence more now than in the past, especially male and older respondents, the percentage of dating violence reports has not decreased. Among girls, there was even an increase in perpetration of emotional and mild physical violence. We discuss possible reasons for this discrepancy between the evolution of attitudes and behaviors and make suggestions for improvement in the actions implemented among teenagers to increase their effectiveness.

Development and Validation of the Romantic Love Myths Questionnaire

2019 ◽  
pp. 088626051989295
Author(s):  
Laura Lara ◽  
Verónica Gómez-Urrutia
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Structure Reliability ◽  
Initial Questionnaire ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Adequate Internal Consistency

The purpose of this study was to develop and validate an instrument to measure love myths among Chilean youth. Items created based on review of available literature were refined through experts’ revisions and participant focus groups. The initial questionnaire was applied to 1,538 high school and university students, aged between 14 and 24 years old. Exploratory factor analysis performed with half of the sample led to a 10-item questionnaire, grouped in two factors: idealization and love–abuse. Confirmatory factor analyses conducted with the other half of the sample corroborated this factorial structure. Reliability analyses indicated an adequate internal consistency, and correlations with dating violence and quality of relationship provide evidence on its concurrent validity. Complementary, results showed that females endorse more idealization and males love–abuse, and adolescents scored higher in both dimensions than emerging adults.

scholarly journals Intimate Partner Violence and Stalking Behavior: Exploration of Patterns and Correlates in a Sample of Acutely Battered Women

2000 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mindy B. Mechanic ◽  
Terri L. Weaver ◽  
Patricia A. Resick
Keyword(s):  
Battered Women ◽  
Dating Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Emotional Abuse ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Descriptive Data ◽  
Time Out ◽  
Violent Relationship ◽  
The Relationship

The aims of this study were to provide descriptive data on stalking in a sample of acutely battered women and to assess the interrelationship between constructs of emotional abuse, physical violence, and stalking in battered women. We recruited a sample of 114 battered women from shelters, agencies, and from the community at large. Results support the growing consensus that violent and harassing stalking behaviors occur with alarming frequency among physically battered women, both while they are in the relationship and after they leave their abusive partners. Emotional and psychological abuse emerged as strong predictors of within- and postrelationship stalking, and contributed a unique variance to women’s fears of future serious harm or death, even after the effects of physical violence were controlled. The length of time a woman was out of the violent relationship was the strongest predictor of postseparation stalking, with increased stalking found with greater time out of the relationship. Results suggest the need to further study the heterogeneity of stalking and to clarify its relationship to constructs of emotional and physical abuse in diverse samples that include stalked but nonbattered women, as women exposed to emotional abuse, and dating violence.

Predicting Past and Future Dating Violence From Implicit and Explicit Violence Attitudes: An Experimental Manipulation of Provocation in Close Relationships

Partner Abuse ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 361-376
Author(s):  
Joel G. Sprunger ◽  
Christopher I. Eckhardt
Keyword(s):  
Dating Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Experimental Manipulation ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Explicit Attitudes ◽  
Ipv Perpetration ◽  
College Dating ◽  
Implicit And Explicit ◽  
Violence Attitudes ◽  
Implicit And Explicit Attitudes

This study examined implicit and explicit attitudes toward the use of violence and their capacity to predict past and future partner-directed aggression in a college dating sample. Implicit and explicit intimate partner violence (IPV) attitudes were measured and compared based on how well they identified self-reported past IPV and predicted expressed aggressive intent following a simulated dating scenario. Male and female participants (N = 106) completed self-report measures of IPV perpetration history and dating violence attitudes as well as an implicit association measure of violence attitudes. Participants were then randomly assigned to a simulated jealousy or neutral relationship scenario and subsequently indicated their desire to perpetrate physical aggression in response to it. The results indicated that implicit, but not explicit, violence attitudes predicted past-year physical IPV perpetration. Although implicit violence attitudes predicted laboratory aggression regardless of relationship provocation cues, the explicit violence attitudes only predicted aggression when relationship provocation was salient. These findings provide further evidence regarding the utility of an implicit attitudes measure in IPV risk assessment, suggest the need for additional research regarding their integration with self-report measures for predicting violence-related behavior, and have implications for investigations aimed at disrupting problematic violence attitudes.

24. Discordant Substance Use and the Daily Experience of Partner Violence in Adolescent and Emerging Adults With Previous Dating Violence

2021 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. S13-S14
Author(s):  
Tiffany E. Mark ◽  
Sarah J. Flessa ◽  
Shang-en Chung ◽  
Maria Trent ◽  
Megan H. Bair-Merritt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Dating Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Daily Experience

Teen Dating Violence: Predicting Physical and Sexual Violence and Mental Health Symptoms Among Heterosexual Adolescent Males

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 886-896 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter R. Fawson ◽  
Timothy Jones ◽  
Bobby Younce
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Dating Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Teen Dating Violence ◽  
Mental Health Symptoms ◽  
School Students ◽  
Health Symptoms

This study investigated the prevalence of female-to-male intimate partner violence (IPV) and mental health symptoms among 589 male high school students. Participants completed questionnaires asking if they had experienced dating violence victimization, mental health symptoms, and violent attitudes. Correlations revealed strong positive associations between sexual, physical, and psychological IPV among male victims. Multiple regression found significant predictors of negative mental health consequences were experiencing psychological violence, experiencing physical violence, and having attitudes that accept violence. Further analysis revealed that participants who experience three types of dating violence (physical, sexual, and psychological) were significantly more likely to perpetrate physical and sexual violence. These findings suggest that violent attitudes and experiencing dating violence are significantly predictive of future negative mental health and perpetration among adolescent boys.

scholarly journals Attitudes toward Intimate Partner Violence and Intimate Partner Acceptance-Rejection among Cape Verdean students living in Portugal

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofia Neves ◽  
Márcia Machado ◽  
Francisco Machado ◽  
Fábia Pinheiro
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Dating Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Marital Violence ◽  
Cape Verdean ◽  
Professional Schools ◽  
Attitudes Toward Violence ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
Violence Attitudes

Abstract This research sought to determine the prevalence of intimate partner violence, characterize attitudes toward violence, analyse relations between perceptions of intimate partner acceptance-rejection and practices of violence and examine relations between intimate partner acceptance-rejection and beliefs and attitudes toward intimate partner violence among Cape Verdean students that lives in Portugal. One hundred and sixteen participants, aged 15 to 25 years, from three professional schools, four secondary schools and one university, completed the Scale of Beliefs about Marital Violence, Marital Violence Inventory, Dating Violence Scales and Intimate Partner Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire. Significant positive correlations were found between beliefs about marital violence, dating violence attitudes and intimate partner rejection. Regressions showed intimate partner rejection predicted marital violence beliefs and dating violence attitudes.

scholarly journals Adolescent Dating Violence Among Nicaraguan Youth

2019 ◽  
pp. 107780121988918
Author(s):  
Kelly Litz ◽  
Nathalie Holvoet
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Dating Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Adolescent Dating Violence ◽  
Psychological Violence ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Physical And Sexual Abuse

This study examines the rates of victimization and perpetration of physical, sexual, and psychological dating violence among a sample of 193 ever-partnered Nicaraguan adolescents. Findings reveal high levels of partner violence, with 20% of students experiencing physical violence, 27% experiencing sexual violence, and 45–83% experiencing different types of psychological violence. For both victimization and perpetration, physical and sexual abuse were found to be positively correlated with psychological abuse, most notably for girl victims. We analyze the gender dynamics of the findings, contextualize them in a sociocultural analysis, and provide directions for prevention and future research.

Adolescent Dating Violence: Results of a Mixed Study in Quito, Ecuador

2021 ◽  
pp. 088626052110014
Author(s):  
Venus Medina-Maldonado ◽  
María del Mar Bravo ◽  
Elka Vargas ◽  
Judith Francisco ◽  
Ismael Jiménez Ruiz
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Dating Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Adolescent Dating Violence ◽  
Quantitative Phase ◽  
Adolescent Dating ◽  
Qualitative Phase

Dating violence is a public health problem affecting people worldwide. This study evaluated the occurrence of different types of adolescent dating violence using a mixed analysis of each data source. The present study addresses the following research questions: does the occurrence of the types of violence analyzed in the quantitative phase match with the narratives obtained in the qualitative phase? and does the additional information obtained in the qualitative phase improve the understanding of the analyzed phenomenon? In the quantitative phase, 410 participants (aged 13 to 19 years) answered a questionnaire based on the Modified Conflict Tactics Scale, while in the qualitative phase, 26 participated in two focus groups. Data were collected from May to June 2019. Written informed consent was obtained from the parents or legal guardians of those who had agreed to participate. The present research was approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee of the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador. The results were divided on: prevalence of dating violence based on age groups and gender, management and resolution of dating conflicts, victimization and perpetration of intimate partner violence, factors favoring intimate partner violence and acceptance of abuse. The results were analyzed via triangulation and indicated that adolescents were involved in the perpetration and victimization of psychological as well as mild and severe physical violence. An analysis of the contributing factors revealed a strong tendency toward the acceptance of the traditional gender model. Challenging these models is crucial to deconstruct hierarchical models, develop conflict resolution skills, and promptly identify abusive behaviors that affect emotional development. The combination of different methodological approaches improved the understanding of the phenomenon studied.

It’s Complicated: Incident- and Observer-Level Predictors of Blame and Justification for Reciprocated Psychological and Minor Physical Violence

Partner Abuse ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. PA-2020-0039
Author(s):  
Richard E. Mattson ◽  
Ashley M. Waters ◽  
Edwin G. Ortiz ◽  
Samantha A. Wagener ◽  
Tarah Midy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Dating Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Psychological Aggression ◽  
Partner Aggression ◽  
Gender History ◽  
Physical Force ◽  
Physical Response ◽  
History Of

We examined whether incident- and observer-level factors found previously to influence blame assignment and foster justification for severe unidirectional partner aggression would replicate in the context of reciprocated psychological and minor physical dating violence. We employed a factorial vignette methodology, simultaneously varying the form of the violence (i.e., psychological or minor physical), gender of the initiator and retaliator, alcohol use, history of aggression, and commitment status. Observer-level variables included participant gender, history of dating violence perpetration and victimization, and social desirability. Using a sample of 321 undergraduates, we found that initiating violence with physical versus psychological tactics was judged comparably in terms of blame, but responding with symmetrical physical violence was viewed more negatively than the reciprocation of psychological aggression. Men’s aggression was more negatively evaluated only in situations involving physical force, except in cases where the woman’s capacity to inflict physical harm was comparable. Other characteristics of the incident (e.g., alcohol use) and observer (e.g., gender) were also relevant, but their effects were tethered to the particulars of the violent exchange or the type of attribution being solicited. Asymmetrical violence (e.g., physical response to psychological initiation) appeared to elicit the most attributional activity with respect to the predictors. Exploratory analyses also revealed that participants with intimate partner violence (IPV) histories responded differently to vignettes wherein the violence initiator had aggressed previously. The overall pattern of results highlights that attributions about dating violence are complexly determined and contextualized, and that the form and relative symmetry of the violence may shape how incident- and observer-level variables impact evaluations of blame and justification.

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