title: Assessing acceptance of violence toward women: a factor analysis of Burt's Acceptance of Interpersonal Violence Scale.
abstract: The Acceptance of Interpersonal Violence Scale (AIV) is a self-report inventory assessing beliefs about violence toward women. This study's purpose was to test the multidimensionality of the AIV. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was conducted on half a sample of 772 male participants and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) on the other half. EFA indicated a two-factor solution. Factors were labeled Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence. The CFA showed this model provided a good fit and was superior to the original one-factor model. Potential problems when using the single sum score and the applicability of the derived factor structure to violence research are discussed.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina, Wilmington, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Richard L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Ogle
authors.forename: Nora E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Noel
authors.forename: Stephen A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Maisto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology*; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012938:Social Perception; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*