Violence in Adolescents’ Dating Relationships Inventory (Aizpitarte & Rojas-Solís, 2019)

• Populations: Mexican adolescents
• Age ranges: 14 - 22
• Languages: Spanish (Mexican)
• Countries: Guatemala; Mexico; Spain

Items

• I tell my partner that if he/she does not want to have sexual relations with me, I might go out with someone else.
• I continue touching my partner’s intimate parts although he/she tells me to stop.
• I shout at my partner in front of others. 
• I slap my partner in the face. 
• I ask my partner to be quiet in front of people. 
• I force my partner to have sexual relations with me. 
• I ask my partner not to go out partying with his/her friends.
• I tell my partner that I do not like him/her going out with his / her friends.
• I forbid my partner from going out partying with his / her friends.
• I insist that my partner show me the messages that he/she received in his/her e-mail, social networks or mobile phone.
• I insist that my partner does not go out with his/her friends because in my view they are not right for him/her.
• *I insist that my partner not talk or send messages to others through the cell phone, computer, or other electronic devices.
• *I forbid my partner to talk or send messages to someone through the cell phone, computer, or other electronic devices.
• I read the private messages of my boyfriend/girlfriend (mobile phone, social networks, etc.).
• I talk badly about my partner to others. 
• I say negative things about my partner to others. 
• *I tell others intimate things about our relationship (things that had been told or happened in a private context and he/she does not want others to know them).
• I threaten my partner with breaking up when we argue.
• I tell my partner things that hurt his/her feelings. 

Note: The asterisk (*) refers to the items modified for the VADRI-MX version for purposes of clarity and specificity for the target population

Responses:

10-point Likert scale (1 = never, 10 = always)

Scoring

Higher scores indicate higher levels of dating violence perpetration and victimization

Citations

Aizpitarte, A., Alonso-Arbiol, I., Van de Vijver, F. J. R., Perdomo, M. C., Galvez-Sobral, J. A., & Garcia-Lopez, E. (2017). Development of a Dating Violence Assessment Tool for Late Adolescence Across Three Countries: The Violence in Adolescents’ Dating Relationships Inventory (VADRI). Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 32(17), 2626-2646. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260515593543. 

Aizpitarte, Alazne; Rojas-Solís, José Luis. Factor Structure of the Violence in Adolescents’ Dating Relationships Inventory for Mexican Youth (VADRI-MX). International Journal of Psychological Research, vol. 12, no. 2, 2019. Facultad de Psicología. Universidad de San Buenaventura, Medellín. Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=299062446004. DOI: 10.21500/20112084.4222.