Padilla Medina Diana M, Gilbar Ohad, Williams Jessica R
Graduate School of Social Work Beatriz Lassalle, University of Puerto Rico, 9 Ave. Universidad Ste. 901, San Juan, 00925-2529 Puerto Rico.
School of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX USA.
J Fam Violence. 2022;37(7):1181-1193. doi: 10.1007/s10896-021-00341-x. Epub 2021 Dec 2.
This mixed-methods paper describes the development and preliminary validation of the Behavioral Intentions Questionnaire (BIQ), a multi-scale questionnaire developed to assess determinants influencing Puerto Rican adolescents' intentions to engage in abusive behaviors in dating relationships. Items were developed qualitatively, and face and content validity were established by expert and target population judges via semi-structured interviews ( = 48), discussions, and four focus groups ( = 6 each). The questionnaire was pilot tested twice. An initial pilot test was conducted with students aged 13 to 17 from a private alternative education program in San Juan, Puerto Rico ( = 32). A second pilot test was conducted with a sample of students from the same site ( = 22), in addition to students in the same age range from a private school ( = 88) in San Juan. Confirmatory and Exploratory factor analysis was used to determine construct validity and Cronbach's coefficient alpha determined the subscales internal consistency reliability. Correlations between subscales were examined. Thematic content analysis was used to analyze qualitative data. Qualitative data suggested the need to revise or eliminate items and instructions and incorporate a social desirability measure. Factor analyses yielded a unidimensional structure for each subscale and each subscale demonstrated high internal consistency. Preliminary analysis on the factor structure, internal reliability, and validity of the BIQ were encouraging. However, further psychometric testing is needed before this measure can be considered a useful tool for measuring intentions to engage in abusive behaviors in dating relationships.
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10896-021-00341-x.
这篇混合方法论文描述了行为意图问卷（BIQ）的开发和初步验证，该问卷是为评估影响波多黎各青少年在恋爱关系中实施虐待行为意图的决定因素而开发的多维度问卷。问卷项目通过定性方式制定，由专家和目标人群评判员通过半结构化访谈（n = 48）、讨论以及四个焦点小组（每组n = 6）确定了表面效度和内容效度。该问卷进行了两次预测试。首次预测试在波多黎各圣胡安一所私立替代教育项目中对13至17岁的学生进行（n = 32）。第二次预测试除了对来自同一地点的学生样本（n = 22）进行外，还对圣胡安一所私立学校同一年龄段的学生进行了测试（n = 88）。使用验证性和探索性因素分析来确定结构效度，Cronbach's α系数确定各子量表的内部一致性信度。检验了各子量表之间的相关性。采用主题内容分析来分析定性数据。定性数据表明需要修订或删除项目及说明，并纳入社会期望性测量。因素分析得出每个子量表的单维结构，且每个子量表都表现出较高的内部一致性。对BIQ的因素结构、内部信度和效度的初步分析结果令人鼓舞。然而，在该测量工具被视为测量恋爱关系中虐待行为意图的有用工具之前，还需要进一步的心理测量学测试。
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