Scale Analysis

The Attitudes Towards Dating Violence Scales assess adolescents’ attitudes toward the use of psychological, physical, and sexual violence by both males and females.

Purpose

The purpose of this scale is to evaluate adolescents’ attitudes toward the use of psychological and physical violence.

Scoring

The TATDVS-76 Scale consists of 76 items, which are answered using the following scale:
1 = Strongly Agree,
2 = Slightly Agree,
3 = Neither Agree nor Disagree,
4 = Slightly Disagree,
5 = Strongly Disagree.

References

Price, E. L., Byers, E. S., & the Dating Violence Research Team. (1999). The Attitudes Towards Dating Violence Scales: Development and initial validation. Journal of Family Violence, 14, 351-375.

Sears, H. A., Byers, E. S., & Price, E. L. (2007). The co-occurrence of adolescent boys’ and girls’ use of psychologically, physically, and sexually abusive behaviors in their dating relationships. Journal of Adolescence, 30, 487-504.

Sears, H. A., & Byers, E. S. (2010). Adolescent girls’ and boys’ experiences of psychologically, physically, and sexually aggressive behaviors in their dating relationships: Co-occurrence and emotional reaction. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma, 19, 517-539. DOI: 10.1080/10926771.2010.495035.