@article{ref1,
title="The Attitudes Towards Dating Violence Scales: Development and Initial Validation",
journal="Journal of family violence",
year="1999",
author="Price, E. Lisa and Byers, E. Sandra and Belliveau, Nicole and Bonner, Robert and Caron, Bruno and Doiron, Daniel and Greenough, Jan and Guerette-Breau, Alice and Hicks, Leslie and Landry, Aline and Lavoie, Brigitte and Layden-Oreto, Margaret and Legere, Linda and Lemieux, Suzanne and Lirette, Marie-Berthe and Maillet, Gabrielle and McMullin, Carol and Moore, Rebecca",
volume="14",
number="4",
pages="351-375",
abstract="This study describes the development and validation of three Attitudes Towards Male Dating Violence (AMDV) Scales and three Attitudes Towards Female Dating Violence (AFDV) Scales. These scales measure attitudes toward use of psychological, physical, and sexual dating violence, respectively, by boys and by girls. Eight hundred twenty-three students from grades 7, 9, and 11 participated in the validation study. All six scales have good internal consistencies. As predicted, students were more accepting of girls' use of violence than of boys' use of violence, and boys were more accepting of violence than were girls. The six scales were positively correlated with traditional attitudes toward gender roles and with each other, providing evidence for their construct validity. Higher scores on the AMDV Scales were related to boys' past use of violence in dating relationships and to their having aggressive friends, supporting their criterion-related validity. Higher scores on the AFDV Scales were associated with girls' past use of dating violence but not with their having aggressive friends, providing partial support for their criterion-related validity. Singly or in combination, the Attitudes Towards Dating Violence Scales can be used to increase our understanding of the development and maintenance of violence-supportive attitudes in adolescents of all ages.  dating violence - attitudes toward violence - adolescents.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0885-7482",
doi="10.1023/A:1022830114772",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1022830114772"
}