TY - JOUR PY - 1996// TI - Measuring spousal violence with the Conflict Tactics Scale: Notes on reliability and validity issues JO - Journal of interpersonal violence A1 - Schafer, John SP - 572 EP - 585 VL - 11 IS - 4 N2 - The violence scale of the Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS) is a widely used instrument in the field of spousal violence research. However, a number of criticisms have been raised about measuring spousal violence with the CTS, including questioning the item content and the reliability and construct validity of the violence scale. This article discusses certain aspects of these issues and illustrates several points with data analysis.
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LA - en SN - 0886-2605 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/088626096011004008 ID - ref1 ER -