TY - JOUR
T1 - Two new measures of attitudes about the acceptability of teen dating aggression
AU - Smith Slep, Amy M.
AU - Cascardi, Michele
AU - Avery-Leaf, Sarah
AU - Daniel O'Leary, K.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Aggression in dating relationships is associated with attitudes that justify its use. Attitudes about dating aggression are targeted by prevention efforts, contributing to a need to measure these attitudes sensitively, accurately, and multidimensionally. We describe two new measures of attitudes about aggression, each tapping different attitudinal components, and compare their psychometric properties with an existing scale. The 1st assesses attitudes about physical aggression in provocative situations. The 2nd taps attitudes about verbally aggressive, controlling, and jealous tactics against a dating partner. Data from 2,313 high school students were factor analyzed and cross-validated for each new scale, Compared with an existing measure, the scales had comparable levels of reliability and validity and improved response distributions. A 2nd-order factor analysis lends support to a multidimensional view of attitudes about dating aggression.
AB - Aggression in dating relationships is associated with attitudes that justify its use. Attitudes about dating aggression are targeted by prevention efforts, contributing to a need to measure these attitudes sensitively, accurately, and multidimensionally. We describe two new measures of attitudes about aggression, each tapping different attitudinal components, and compare their psychometric properties with an existing scale. The 1st assesses attitudes about physical aggression in provocative situations. The 2nd taps attitudes about verbally aggressive, controlling, and jealous tactics against a dating partner. Data from 2,313 high school students were factor analyzed and cross-validated for each new scale, Compared with an existing measure, the scales had comparable levels of reliability and validity and improved response distributions. A 2nd-order factor analysis lends support to a multidimensional view of attitudes about dating aggression.
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U2 - 10.1037//1040-3590.13.3.306
DO - 10.1037//1040-3590.13.3.306
M3 - Article
C2 - 11556268
AN - SCOPUS:0034862946
SN - 1040-3590
VL - 13
SP - 306
EP - 318
JO - Psychological assessment
JF - Psychological assessment
IS - 3
ER -