Assessing Adolescent Dating Violence in the YourLife Project: Proposal of an Instrument for Spanish-Speaking Countries

Cristina Lopez-del Burgo, Alfonso Osorio, Pedro-Antonio de la Rosa, María Calatrava and Jokin de Irala
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Cristina Lopez-del Burgo: Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
Alfonso Osorio: Institute for Culture and Society (ICS), University of Navarra, 31009 Pamplona, Spain
Pedro-Antonio de la Rosa: Institute for Culture and Society (ICS), University of Navarra, 31009 Pamplona, Spain
María Calatrava: Institute for Culture and Society (ICS), University of Navarra, 31009 Pamplona, Spain
Jokin de Irala: Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 13, 1-14

Abstract: Background: Several instruments have been developed to assess adolescent dating violence but only few have been validated in Spanish-speaking settings. Some instruments are too long and may not be feasible to include them in a multipurpose questionnaire. We developed an instrument to be used in the YourLife project, an international project about young people lifestyles. Objective: We aimed to analyze the psychometric properties of this instrument in three Spanish-speaking countries (Chile, Ecuador, and Spain). Method: We included 1049 participants, aged 13–18 years. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted. Associations between dating violence and variables expected to covariate with it (substance use, school peer aggression, justification of dating violence, and relationship power imbalance), were tested. Results: Two different constructs (psychological and physical/sexual) for suffered and perpetrated violence were identified and confirmed in the three countries. The dating violence subscales had Cronbach’s alpha scores higher than 0.85. The strongest associations between dating violence and variables related to it were found within the relationship power imbalance items, suggesting that these items may be useful to detect adolescent dating violence when a specific questionnaire cannot be implemented. Conclusion: This instrument seems to be adequate to assess suffered and perpetrated adolescent dating violence within a multipurpose questionnaire among schooled adolescents.

Keywords: adolescence; dating violence; validation; questionnaire (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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