TY - JOUR
T1 - Testing the factor structure and measurement invariance of the conflict in adolescent dating relationship inventory
AU - Shorey, Ryan C.
AU - Allan, Nicholas P.
AU - Cohen, Joseph R.
AU - Fite, Paula J.
AU - Stuart, Gregory L.
AU - Temple, Jeff R.
N1 - Funding Information:
The current manuscript was supported, in part, by grants 2016-R2-CX-0035 and 2012-WG-BX-0005 from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) awarded to Ryan C. Shorey and Jeff R. Temple, respectively. This work was also supported, in part, by grant K24AA019707 from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism awarded to Gregory L. Stuart. This work was also supported, in part, by grant K23HD059916 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) awarded to Jeff R. Temple. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH or NIJ.
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PY - 2019/3
Y1 - 2019/3
N2 - Intimate-partner violence (IPV) in adolescent and young-adult dating relationships is a prevalent and serious public health problem. The measurement of IPV across adolescence has most commonly relied on the Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationship Inventory (CADRI; Wolfe et al., 2001), which postulates 5 distinct yet related types of IPV (i.e., threatening, verbal/emotional, relational, physical, and sexual). However, the CADRI has received minimal examination to confirm its factor structure, in particular, whether the factor structure is invariant across sex, race/ethnicity, and time, despite the clinical use of this measure for screening and treatment purposes. In response, we conducted a confirmatory factor analysis of the CADRI and tested whether the factor structure was invariant across sex, race/ethnicity, and time. Adolescents (N 1,042, 56% girls, mean age at baseline 15.09, SD 0.79) from high schools in the southwestern United States completed the CADRI annually for 6 consecutive years. Results confirmed the 5-factor structure of the CADRI and demonstrated measurement invariance across sex, race/ethnicity, and time. Our findings suggest that the CADRI captures 5 related but distinct types of IPV and that use of the CADRI is appropriate across sex, race/ethnicity, and time.
AB - Intimate-partner violence (IPV) in adolescent and young-adult dating relationships is a prevalent and serious public health problem. The measurement of IPV across adolescence has most commonly relied on the Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationship Inventory (CADRI; Wolfe et al., 2001), which postulates 5 distinct yet related types of IPV (i.e., threatening, verbal/emotional, relational, physical, and sexual). However, the CADRI has received minimal examination to confirm its factor structure, in particular, whether the factor structure is invariant across sex, race/ethnicity, and time, despite the clinical use of this measure for screening and treatment purposes. In response, we conducted a confirmatory factor analysis of the CADRI and tested whether the factor structure was invariant across sex, race/ethnicity, and time. Adolescents (N 1,042, 56% girls, mean age at baseline 15.09, SD 0.79) from high schools in the southwestern United States completed the CADRI annually for 6 consecutive years. Results confirmed the 5-factor structure of the CADRI and demonstrated measurement invariance across sex, race/ethnicity, and time. Our findings suggest that the CADRI captures 5 related but distinct types of IPV and that use of the CADRI is appropriate across sex, race/ethnicity, and time.
KW - Adolescence
KW - Factor structure
KW - Intimate partner violence
KW - Measurement invariance
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U2 - 10.1037/pas0000678
DO - 10.1037/pas0000678
M3 - Article
C2 - 30589276
AN - SCOPUS:85059272761
SN - 1040-3590
VL - 31
SP - 410
EP - 416
JO - Psychological Assessment
JF - Psychological Assessment
IS - 3
ER -