TY - JOUR AU - Aizpitarte Gorrotxategi, Alazne AU - Rojas-Solís, José Luis PY - 2019/09/05 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Factor Structure of the Violence in Adolescents’ Dating Relationships Inventory for Mexican Youth (VADRI-MX) JF - International Journal of Psychological Research JA - Int. j. psychol. res. VL - 12 IS - 2 SE - Research Article DO - 10.21500/20112084.4222 UR - https://revistas.usb.edu.co/index.php/IJPR/article/view/4222 SP - 29-36 AB - <p>This study aimed to analyze the factorial structure and reliability of <em>the Violence in Adolescent’s Dating Relationship Inventory</em> (VADRI) and to get a shorter form to facilitate its application in the Mexican context. Participants were 1,055 Mexican’ students which ages ranged between 14 and 22 years (<em>M </em>= 17.66, <em>SD</em> = 1.95). The 48.1% were females. A principal component analyses resulted in a three-factor structure which that was confirmed in the confirmatory factor analyses. The VADRI-MX assesses with 19-double items (perpetration and victimization) the three dimensions of the dating violence underlying construct: “Direct and severe”, “Subtle psychological/controlling”, and “Overt psychological/verbal.” Internal consistency was high. Correlations among the three dimensions were moderate. We can conclude that the VADRI-MX is a useful, valid, and reliable assessment tool for assessing dating violence in the adolescence period. Implications for prevention, intervention, and research are discussed.</p> ER -