Reliability of translated measures assessing dating violence among Mexican adolescents.
Research on the prevalence and correlates of dating violence in Mexican teens is challenged by the lack of culturally and linguistically appropriate assessment tools. This study modified, translated, and back-translated the Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationships Inventory (CADRI; Wolfe et al., 2001) and the Attitudes Towards Dating Violence Scales (Price, Byers, & the Dating Violence Research Team, 1999) for Mexican adolescents. Analyses on 307 adolescents (15-18 years old) from Monterrey and Mexicali, Mexico, revealed that most of the translated CADRI subscales and Attitudes Towards Dating Violence Scales had acceptable internal consistency and test-retest reliability coefficients. The study offers some evidence that the measures may be useful in assessing dating violence in Mexican teens.
Child and Family Development Department, San Diego State University, CA 92182-4502, USA. ahokoda@sdsu.edu
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D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D003068:Coercion; D003380:Courtship; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D015995:Prevalence; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014175:Translating