Citation

Straus MA, Hamby SL, Boney-McCoy SUE, Sugarman DB. J. Fam. Issues 1996; 17(3): 283-316.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/019251396017003001

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This article describes a revised Conflict Tactics Scales (the CTS2) to measure psychological and physical attacks on a partner in a marital, cohabiting, or dating relationship; and also use of negotiation. The CTS2 has (a) additional items to enhance content validity and reliability; (b) revised wording to increase clarity and specificity; (c) better differentiation between minor and severe levels of each scale; (d) new scales to measure sexual coercion and physical injury; and (e) a new format to simplify administration and reduce response sets. Reliability ranges from .79 to .95. There is preliminary evidence of construct validity.

Language: en