Violence in Dating Relationships: Validation of the CADRI Questionnaire in a Young Adult Population

• Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 19; no. 17; p. 11083
• Main Authors: López-Barranco, Pedro José, Jiménez-Ruiz, Ismael, Leal-Costa, César, Andina-Díaz, Elena, López-Alonso, Ana I, Jiménez-Barbero, José Antonio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 04.09.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aggression; Crime Victims - psychology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Emotional abuse; Factor analysis; Factor Analysis, Statistical; Humans; Intimate Partner Violence; Manipulation; Murders & murder attempts; Population studies; Questionnaires; Sex crimes; Sexual abuse; Suffering; Surveys and Questionnaires; Teenagers; Victimization; Violence; Women; Young Adult; Young adults; perpetration; victimization; gender; young adults; dating violence
• ISSN: 1660-4601; 1661-7827; 1660-4601
• DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191711083

Dating violence in the young adult population is reaching alarming levels. However, the instruments used to measure it and their results are still heterogeneous. The main aim of this study was to validate the Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationships Inventory questionnaire for a young adult Spanish university population aged between 19 and 25 years old, and to describe the types of violence perpetrated and suffered. Observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study. A validity analysis was carried out through a confirmatory factor analysis. The relative frequencies for each type of violence and the Chi2 test for two dichotomous variables were used to describe the different types of violence perpetrated and suffered. The sample consisted of 976 young adults aged 19-25 years old (M = 21.7 years. SD = 1.8). The confirmatory factor analysis had an adequate structure and a good fit to the model. The types of violence perpetrated and suffered were described according to the sex of the participants, with significant differences found for verbal-emotional violence and physical violence exerted. The confirmatory factor analysis allowed us to consider the application of the questionnaire to be correct for the study population.