Presaghi Fabio, Manca Maura, Rodriguez-Franco Luis, Curcio Giuseppe
Department of Social and Developmental Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
PLoS One. 2015 May 19;10(5):e0126089. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126089. eCollection 2015.
In the last years, intimate partner violence (IPV) became a relevant problem for community and for social life, particularly in young people. Its correct assessment and evaluation in the population is mandatory. Our objectives were: Confirm factor structure of Dating Violence Questionnaire (DVQ) and investigate its convergent and divergent validity. The DVQ along with other personality measures were filled by a sample of 418 university students (Females = 310) of average age of 23 y.o. (SD = 4.71). A subsample of participants (223 students) consented in being involved also in retest and filled also the Revised Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (short form) and a brief scale for describing the behavior of the (past) partner after the breaking of the relationship (BRS). The 8-factor structure, with respect to the two other competing models, reported better fit indexes and showed significant correlations with other personality measures. Personality traits, both Neuroticism and Psychoticism, correlated with Sexual Violence, while Detachment correlated only with Neuroticism and Coercion, Humiliation and Physical Violence correlated with only Psychoticism. Extraversion did not report significant relationships with any of the 8 DVQ factors. Also the predictive validity of DVQ was satisfactory with the partner violent reaction to the break of relationship predicted positively predicted by Coercion (b = 0.22) and by Humiliation (b = 0.20) and negatively by Emotional Punishment (b = -0.18). The present results indicate a good factor structure of the questionnaire, and interesting correlations with personality traits, allowing to identify psychological aspects with a predisposing role for anti-social aggressive behaviors. Further studies will be aimed at ascertaining other possible determinants of intimate partner violence and the weight of cultural aspects.
在过去几年中，亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）已成为社区和社会生活中的一个重要问题，尤其是在年轻人当中。对其在人群中的正确评估至关重要。我们的目标是：确认约会暴力问卷（DVQ）的因子结构，并研究其收敛效度和区分效度。418名平均年龄为23岁（标准差 = 4.71）的大学生（女性 = 310名）填写了DVQ以及其他人格测量量表。部分参与者（223名学生）同意参与重测，还填写了修订版艾森克人格问卷（简式）以及一份用于描述分手后（过去）伴侣行为的简短量表（BRS）。与另外两种竞争模型相比，八因子结构的拟合指数更好，且与其他人格测量量表显示出显著相关性。人格特质，即神经质和精神质，与性暴力相关，而疏离仅与神经质相关，强制、羞辱和身体暴力仅与精神质相关。外向性与DVQ的八个因子均无显著关系。DVQ的预测效度也令人满意，强制（b = 0.22）和羞辱（b = 0.20）对伴侣分手后的暴力反应有正向预测作用，情感惩罚（b = -0.18）有负向预测作用。目前的结果表明该问卷具有良好的因子结构，且与人格特质存在有趣的相关性，有助于识别对反社会攻击行为具有 predisposing 作用的心理方面。进一步的研究将旨在确定亲密伴侣暴力的其他可能决定因素以及文化方面的影响程度。
