Attitudes towards Violence in Adolescents and Youth Intimate Partner Relationships: Validation of the Spanish Version of the EAV

Javier Ortuño-Sierra, Andrea Gutiérrez García, Edurne Chocarro de Luis, Julia Pérez-Sáenz and Rebeca Aritio-Solana
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Javier Ortuño-Sierra: Educational Sciences Department, University of La Rioja, 26004 Logroño, Spain
Andrea Gutiérrez García: Educational Sciences Department, University of La Rioja, 26004 Logroño, Spain
Edurne Chocarro de Luis: Educational Sciences Department, University of La Rioja, 26004 Logroño, Spain
Julia Pérez-Sáenz: Educational Sciences Department, University of La Rioja, 26004 Logroño, Spain
Rebeca Aritio-Solana: Educational Sciences Department, University of La Rioja, 26004 Logroño, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 2, 1-11

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: EAV; adolescents; psychometric properties; intimate partner violence; attitudes (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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