TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of a Dating Violence Assessment Tool for Late Adolescence Across Three Countries
T2 - The Violence in Adolescents' Dating Relationships Inventory (VADRI)
AU - Aizpitarte, Alazne
AU - Alonso-Arbiol, Itziar
AU - Van de Vijver, Fons J. R.
AU - Perdomo, Maria Cristina
AU - Andres Galvez-Sobral, J.
AU - Garcia-Lopez, Eric
PY - 2017/9/4
Y1 - 2017/9/4
N2 - 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 (VADRI) 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 values above .90). We conclude that the VADRI is a valid and reliable instrument for the assessment of DV in various cultural contexts.
AB - 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 (VADRI) 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 values above .90). We conclude that the VADRI is a valid and reliable instrument for the assessment of DV in various cultural contexts.
KW - dating violence
KW - adolescence
KW - cross-cultural psychology
KW - assessment
KW - test development
KW - PARTNER VIOLENCE
KW - CONFLICT
KW - SCALES
KW - VALIDATION
KW - COMPONENTS
KW - STUDENTS
KW - CULTURE
KW - COUPLES
KW - FEMALE
KW - NUMBER
U2 - 10.1177/0886260515593543
DO - 10.1177/0886260515593543
M3 - Article
SN - 0886-2605
VL - 32
SP - 2626
EP - 2646
JO - Journal of Interpersonal Violence
JF - Journal of Interpersonal Violence
IS - 17
ER -