Cross-Cultural Reliability and Validity of the Revised Conflict Tactics Scales: A Study of University Student Dating Couples in 17 Nations

By Murray A. Straus. 2004

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Gender Studies, Health

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Self-Control, Intimate Partner Abuse, and Intimate Partner Victimization: Testing the General Theory of Crime in Thailand (2008, methodology): “The CTS2 has been tested in more than 20 countries, including a 10-country study conducted by the World Health Organization (Garcia-Moreno et al. 2006; Tang 1999; Straus 2004).”
Impelling and Inhibiting Forces in the Perpetration of Intimate Partner Violence (2007, background): “…of large-scale surveys exploring how individuals deal with conflict in their intimate relationships reveal that individuals enact violent behaviors against marital and dating partners with alarming frequency (e.g., Magdol et al., 1997; McLaughlin, Leonard, & Senchak, 1992; Straus, 2004).”
Assessing the Overlap in Dating Violence Perpetration and Victimization among South Korean College Students: The Influence of Social Learning and Self-Control (2011, background): “Within the context of relationship violence, the overlap between victimization and offending has likewise been documented both locally and internationally (Coker et al., 2000; Ehrensaft et al., 2003; Linder, Crick, & Collins, 2002; Straus, 2004, 2008 ).”
Early exposure to violence, domestic violence, attachment representations, and marital adjustment (2009, positive): “The Conflict Tactics Scale (Straus, 1990) and its revised version, CTS2 (Straus, 2004), are widely used measures with evidence of good validity and reliability.”
Exposure to Interparental Violence and Childhood Physical and Emotional Abuse as Related to Physical Aggression in Undergraduate Dating Relationships (2010, background): “In addition, Straus (2004b) demonstrated cross-cultural reliability and validity of the revised CTS2 among 7,179 students at 33 universities in 17 countries.”
Attachment Style and Early Maladaptive Schemas as Mediators of the Relationship between Childhood Emotional Abuse and Intimate Partner Violence (2013, background): “The CTS–2 has been shown to have good construct validity and high internal consistency when measuring IPV in college-aged dating couples (α = .74–.89) and in women (α = .72–.87; Straus, 2004).”
Dominance and symmetry in partner violence by male and female university students in 32 nations (2008, methodology): “…of the study, including the questionnaire and all other key documents, is available on the website http:// pubpages.unh.edu/~mas2, and in previous articles reporting results from this study (Douglas & Straus, 2006; Straus, 2004; Straus & International Dating Violence Research Consortium, 2004).”
Childhood Emotional Abuse, Adult Attachment, and Depression as Predictors of Relational Adjustment and Psychological Aggression (2010, background): “89) and construct validity among college students across various cultures (Straus, 2004).”
Risk Factors for Physical Violence Between Dating Partners: Implications for Gender-Inclusive Prevention and Treatment of Family Violence (2006, background): “At least 50 studies have found that the rate of violence between dating couples is two to three times greater than among married couples (Jan E. Stets & Straus, 1989; Straus, 2004b; Sugarman & Hotaling, 1989).”
Assault and Injury of Dating Partners by University Students in 19 Countries and its Relation to Corporal Punishment Experienced as a Child (2006, methodology): “…of the study, including the questionnaire and all other key documents, is available on the website http:// pubpages.unh.edu/ ~ mas2, and in previous articles reporting results from this study (Straus 2004; Straus and International Dating Violence Research Consortium 2004; Straus and Savage 2005).”
Using Student Samples in Criminological Research (2008, background): “Additionally, Straus (2004) tested the cross-cultural reliability and validity of the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale by surveying nearly 7200 students in 17 countries.”