Detecting Domestic Violence: Italian Validation of Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS-2) |
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Authors: | Maria Salvina Signorelli Eleonora Arcidiacono Giuseppina Musumeci Santo Di Nuovo Eugenio Aguglia |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Clinical and Molecular Biomedicine, Institute of Psychiatry, University of Catania, Catania, Italy 3. Psychiatry Unit, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 78, Catania, Italy, 95123 2. Section of Psychology, Department of Formation, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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Abstract: | Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a public health problem that requires valid assessment tools. The aim of the study is to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Italian version of the revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS-2) in a sample of 209 women (143 from the general population and 66 IPV victims). Based on factor analysis, five subscales were proposed, partially corresponding to the original scales: negotiation, violence, extreme violence, injury, and sexual coercion. The reliability of the subscales was good, ranging from 0.78 to 0.96. The discriminant capacity of the scores was assessed comparing victims versus non-abused women, and extreme violence correlated positively with depression, injury and negotiation but negatively with alexithymia. These results indicate that the Italian version of CTS-2 scale can be recommended for use in research and clinical programs. |
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