TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - The Attitudes Towards Dating Violence Scales: Development and Initial Validation
JO  - Journal of family violence
A1  - Price, E. Lisa
A1  - Byers, E. Sandra
A1  - Belliveau, Nicole
A1  - Bonner, Robert
A1  - Caron, Bruno
A1  - Doiron, Daniel
A1  - Greenough, Jan
A1  - Guerette-Breau, Alice
A1  - Hicks, Leslie
A1  - Landry, Aline
A1  - Lavoie, Brigitte
A1  - Layden-Oreto, Margaret
A1  - Legere, Linda
A1  - Lemieux, Suzanne
A1  - Lirette, Marie-Berthe
A1  - Maillet, Gabrielle
A1  - McMullin, Carol
A1  - Moore, Rebecca
SP  - 351
EP  - 375
VL  - 14
IS  - 4
N2  - 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 />
LA  - en
SN  - 0885-7482
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1022830114772
ID  - ref1
ER  -