Psychometric analysis of a scale for the detection of violence in dating relationships in young people

The purpose of this research is to adapt and validate an instrument to analyse the typology and incidence of violence in young couples. The study was conducted using exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The selected sample consisted of two groups of young couples (n = 253 and n = 323) students of the Faculty of Educational Sciences of the University of Granada (Spain). After validation with the EFA, we obtained a structure that was later corroborated with the CFA through structural equations (RMSEA = .062, CFI = .935, TLI = .916). Reliability and internal consistency of the instrument were also tested with values for all dimensions above .700. A descriptive and correlational analysis was also carried out. It is concluded that this new version, consisting of 20 items and five dimensions, has acceptable validity and reliability, demonstrating that the model is consistent and coherent with the theoretical starting assumptions.