Factor structure and reliability of the revised conflict tactics scales' (CTS2) 10-factor model in a community-based female sample.
The present study investigated the factor structure and reliability of the revised Conflict Tactics Scales' (CTS2) 10-factor model in a community-based female sample (N = 261). The underlying factor structure of the 10-factor model was tested by the confirmatory multiple group factor analysis, which demonstrated complex factor cross-loadings across the subscales for both perpetration and victimization. This confirmatory factor analysis also identified a lack of exclusive factor loadings between minor and severe distinctions of the eight violence measures. Internal consistency of the subscales was generally acceptable (.68-.85 for perpetration and .68-.84 for victimization), except for the Sexual Coercion subscale; the alpha coefficients of the Sexual Coercion Minor subscale were .18 for perpetration and .37 for victimization. Practical implications related to complex factor cross-loadings and internal consistency were discussed.
Sung Hyun Yun
School of Social Work, University of Windsor, Chrysler Hall North, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada. yshhsy@uwindsor.ca
D018585:Battered Women / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D015233:Models, Statistical; D017008:Negotiating; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D016387:Women's Health