| Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, West Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada;(2) Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, BC;(3) Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, 2136 West Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z4 |
| Abstract: | The Propensity for Abusiveness Scale (PAS; Dutton 1995a] J. Fam. Violence 102]: 203–221) has been shown to correlate with both physical and psychological abuse in a variety of samples including
gay men, assaultive males, and male and female college students (Clift, 2001; Dutton et al., 2001). For the current study, 27 male and 37 female university students completed the PAS during the 1998–1999 and the 2000–2001
school years. A 2-year test–retest reliability coefficient of r = .851 was found for women and a reliability coefficient of r = .629 was found for men. The combined sample had a reliability coefficient of r = .774. Moderate test–retest reliability coefficients were also found for each of the subscales. |
