Measuring Spousal Violence With the Conflict Tactics Scale
- 1 December 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Interpersonal Violence
- Vol. 11 (4) , 572-585
- https://doi.org/10.1177/088626096011004008
Abstract
The violence scale of the Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS) is a widely used instrument in the field of spousal violence research. However, a number of criticisms have been raised about measuring spousal violence with the CTS, including questioning the item content and the reliability and construct validity of the violence scale. This article discusses certain aspects of these issues and illustrates several points with data analysis.This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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