Development and validation of the Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationships Inventory.
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Four studies examined the Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationships Inventory (CADRI), a measure of abusive behavior among adolescent dating partners. Exploratory factor analysis was used to refine items based on high school participants with dating experience (N = 393; 49% female). Confirmatory factor analysis was used to derive and cross-validate the factor structure with participants from 10 high schools (N = 1,019, 55% female; ages 14-16). The model structure fit for all grades and both sexes, with physical abuse, verbal abuse, and threatening behavior most representative of the underlying "abuse" factor. In Studies 3 and 4, the second-order abuse factor showed acceptable test-retest reliability, partner agreement, and correlation (significant for males only) between observer ratings of dating partners' interactions and youths' CADRI scores. Results support the CADRI as a measure of abusive behavior in adolescent dating relationships.
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- Authors
- Wolfe, D. A., Scott, K., Reitzel-Jaffe, D., Wekerle, C., Grasley, C., & Straatman, A.-L.
- Affiliations
- Western University (CA)
- Venue
- Psychological Assessment
- Published
- 2001-06
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 277-293
- ISSN
- 1040-3590 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-134X
- OpenAlex
- W2049140572
- Cited by
- 796
- References
- 6
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- FWCI
- 5.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychological Assessment (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
- Keywords
- adolescent dating relationships, abusive behavior, dating violence, physical abuse, verbal abuse, threatening behavior, instrument development, factor structure, test-retest reliability, partnership agreements, observer ratings, high school students
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Psychology, Adolescent, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Predictive Value of Tests, Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Spouse Abuse, Reproducibility of Results
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