Attitudes about Aggression in Dating Situations (Slep et al., 2001)

Attitudes towards situationally contextualized physical aggression in adolescents and young adults; 10 Items / , Ages 16-20

Subscales

Item Stem: “Below is a list of situations and peoples’ reactions to them. How much do you agree or disagree with the reaction that
is underlined?”

Mark calls Tina a slut in front of their friends. Tina slaps him
David is following Maria and won’t leave her alone. Maria pushes him out of her way
Tony is harassing Gina about her new haircut, saying that she looks like a poodle. Gina gets really angry at Tony and pushes him.
Tom and Yolanda are having an argument. Things are getting out of hand and Tom starts pushing and shoving Yolanda. When he
won’t stop, Yolanda slaps him.
Jeff finds out that Debbie has been seeing someone else behind his back. He gets really mad and he slaps her
Lisa won’t stop making fun of Charlie in front of their friends. Charlie loses his temper and pushes her.
John catches Janet flirting with Tyrone. John gets really mad and hits Tyrone for flirting with Janet.
Peter gets really angry at Patti and slaps her when she threatens to break up with him.
Karen is teasing Frank at a party about being too stupid to pass English. When she won’t stop. Frank just loses it and hits Karen.
Keisha sees Rick flirting with Angie. Keisha gets mad and hits Angie and tells her to keep her hands off Rick.

Responses

Items use a 6 Point Likert-type scale, 1 = Strongly Agree, 6 = Strongly Disagree

Not Reported

Slep, A. M. S., Cascardi, M., Avery-Leaf, S., & O’Leary, K. D. (2001). Two new measures of attitudes about the acceptability of teen dating aggression. Psychological Assessment, 13(3), 306-318. https://doi.org/10.1037/1040-3590.13.3.306
Muñoz-Rivas, M. J., Gámez-Guadix, M., Fernández-González, L., & Lozano, M. P. G. (2011). Validation of the attitudes about aggression in dating situations (AADS) and the justification of Verbal/Coercive tactics scale (JVCT) in spanish adolescents. Journal of Family Violence, 26(8), 575-584. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-011-9391-3

Team comments
This scale was validated alongside the Justificiation of Verbal/Coercive Tactics Scale (Slep et al., 2001)

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