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- Title
Propiedades psicométricas de la Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS-2) en una muestra española de agresores de pareja.
- Authors
Loinaz, Ismael; Echeburúa, Enrique; Ortiz-Tallo, Margarita; Amor, Pedro J.
- Abstract
Intimate partner violence is a complex problem that requires the update of the available assessment tools. The aim of the study is to test the revised Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS-2) in partner-violent men. Its structure and other psychometric properties are analyzed in 173 convicted offenders from Brians-2 and Alhaurín de la Torre penitentiaries. Comparing offenders with 108 males from the general population also assesses discriminant validity. The internal consistency for the 39 items of perpetration is .88 (varying from .59 to .83 among the subscales). The validity data indicate that the scale is useful to discriminate between batterers and general population in physical and psychological violence, although there is an overlap between different types of violence, and it is difficult to compare self-reports with external criteria such court decisions. The results of confirmatory factorial analysis do not support the original five-factor structure. Using exploratory factorial analysis, four components with good internal consistency were identified: Physical (.86), Sexual (.75), and Psychological Violence (.82), and Negotiation (.83). Recommendations for use and a reference guide of rating scores in samples of offenders are suggested.
- Subjects
SPAIN; PSYCHOMETRICS; CONFLICT Tactics Scale; VIOLENT men; PRISONS; DECISION making; SELF-evaluation; FACTOR analysis
- Publication
Psicothema, 2012, Vol 24, Issue 1, p142
- ISSN
0214-9915
- Publication type
Article