Attitudes towards Violence in Adolescents and Youth Intimate Partner Relationships

Validation of the Spanish Version of the EAV

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ID15488387
AuthorsJavier Ortuño‐Sierra (0000-0003-4867-0946, Universidad de La Rioja, corresponding author), Andrea Gutiérrez García (0000-0002-8922-6115, Universidad de La Rioja), Edurne Chocarro De Luis (0000-0002-7628-9475, Universidad de La Rioja), Julia Pérez‐Sáenz (0000-0002-1861-4575, Universidad de La Rioja), Rebeca Aritio-Solana (Universidad de La Rioja), Rebeca Aritio Solana (0000-0002-5069-2645, Universidad de La Rioja)
Year2021
Volume18
Issue2
Pages566-566
Publication date2021-01-12
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph18020566
PMID33445428
OpenAlexW3120816465
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited33

The main purpose of the present study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the Attitudes Scale Towards Violence ( Escala de Actitudes hacia la Violencia, EAV ) in adolescents. The EAV is a questionnaire devoted to assess attitudes towards violence. Additionally, the relationship between EAV and violence manifestations and depressive symptoms was analyzed. The final sample comprised a total of 1248 students in a cross-sectional survey. The EAV, the Modified Conflict Tactics Scale (M-CTS), and the Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale (RADS) were used. The analysis of the internal structure of the EAV yielded a two-factor structure as the most adequate. The EAV scores showed measurement invariance across gender and age. The McDonald's Omega was 0.862 and 0.872 for the two hypothesized factors. Furthermore, self-reported attitudes towards violence were associated with violence manifestations both as a victim and as a perpetrator and depressive symptoms. These results support that the EAV is a brief and easy tool to assess self-reported violence attitudes in intimate partner relationships in adolescents from the general population. The assessment of these attitudes, and its associations with violence and depressive manifestations, may help us to enhance the possibility of an early identification of adolescents potentially at risk for suffering violence as a victim or as a perpetrator

Anxiety · Depression (economics · Depressive symptoms · Domestic violence · Medical emergency · Poison control · Population · Psychiatry · Scale (ratio · Suicide prevention · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology

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