Attitudes Towards Female Dating Violence (Price et al., 1999)

• Populations: Adolescents
• Age ranges: 15-18, 11-20
• Languages: Spanish, English, French
• Countries: Mexico

Items

Subscales:

• Attitudes Towards Female Psychological Dating Violence
• Attitudes Towards Female Physical Dating Violence
• Attitudes Towards Female Sexual Dating Violence

Items by Subscale:

Attitudes Towards Female Psychological Dating Violence

• There is no excuse for a girl to threaten her boyfriend.”
• There is never a good enough reason for a girl to swear at
  her boyfriend.”
• Girls have a right to tell their boyfriend how to dress.
• A guy should always do what his girlfriend tells him to do.
• If a girl yells and screams at her boyfriend it does not really
  hurt him seriously.
• Girls have a right to tell their boyfriends what to do.
• It is important for a guy to always dress the way his girl-
  friend wants.
• Sometimes girls just can’t help but swear at their boyfriends.
• A guy should always ask his girlfriend first before going
  out with his friends.
• It is O.K. for a girl to bad mouth her boyfriend.
• It is understandable when a girl gets so angry that she
  yells at her boyfriend.
• Sometimes girls have to threaten their boyfriends so
  that they will listen.
• A girl should not control what her boyfriend wears.”

The Attitudes Towards Female Physical Dating Violence Scale

• It is O.K. for a girl to slap her boyfriend if he deserves it.
• It is no big deal if a girl shoves her boyfriend.
• Sometimes girls just cannot stop themselves from punching their boyfriends.
• Some guys deserve to be slapped by their girlfriends.
• Sometimes a girl must hit her boyfriend so that he will respect her.
• A girl usually does not slap her boyfriend unless he deserves it.
• A girl should not hit her boyfriend regardless of what he has done.*
• There is never a reason for a guy to get slapped by his girlfriend.*
• Pulling hair is a good way for a girl to get back at her boyfriend.
• It is never O.K. for a girl to slap her boyfriend.*
• Some girls have to pound their boyfriends to make them listen.
• A guy should break up with a girl when she slaps him.*

The Attitudes Towards Female Sexual Dating Violence Scale

• A girl should not touch her boyfriend unless he wants to be touched.*
• There is nothing wrong with a guy changing his mind about having sex.*
• A guy should break up with his girlfriend if she has forced him to have sex.*
• A girl should only touch her boyfriend where he wants to be touched,*
• A guy who goes into a girl’s bedroom is agreeing to sex.
• It is alright for a girl to force her boyfriend to kiss her.
• Girls should never get their boyfriends drunk to get them to have sex.*
• If a guy says “yes” to sex while drinking, he is still allowed to change his mind.*
• After a couple is going steady, the girl should not force her boyfriend to have sex.*
• Girls should never lie to their boyfriends to get them to have sex.*
• To prove his love, it is important for a guy to have sex with his girlfriend.
• It is O.K. for a girl to say she loves a guy to get him to have sex.

*Items marked * are reverse-coded

Responses:

Items useda a 5 point likert type scale ranging from “strong disagree” to “strongly agree”

Scoring

Increased score indicates increased acceptance of abusive behaviour

Citations

Price, E. L., Byers, E. S., Belliveau, N., Bonner, R., Caron, B., Doiron, D., Greenough, J., Guerette-Breau, A., Hicks, L., Landry, A., Lavoie, B., Layden-Oreto, M., Legere, L., Lemieux, S., Lirette, M., Maillet, G., McMullin, C., Moore, R. (1999). The Attitudes Towards Dating Violence Scales: Development and Initial Validation. Journal of Family Violence, 14(4), 351-375 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022830114772

Hokoda, A., Ramos-Lira, L., Celaya, P., Vilhauer, K., Angeles, M., Ruíz, S., Malcarne, V. L., & Mora, M. D. (2006). Reliability of translated measures assessing dating violence among mexican adolescents. Violence and Victims, 21(1), 117. https://doi.org/10.1891/088667006780927367

Team comments

Validated alongside Attitudes Towards Male Dating Violence (Price et al., 1999).