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Cross‐cultural measurement equivalence of the J apanese version of R evised C onflict T actics S cales S hort F orm among J apanese men and women
Author(s) -
Umeda Maki,
Kawakami Norito
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/pcn.12194
Subject(s) - cronbach's alpha , psychology , concordance , exploratory factor analysis , social psychology , statistics , psychometrics , mathematics , clinical psychology , medicine
Aim The R evised C onflict T actics S cales S hort F orm ( CTS2SF ) is an instrument used to measure intimate partner violence ( IPV ) perpetration and victimization over the past 12 months. Methods The CTS2SF was translated into J apanese, and the reliability (internal consistency and 4‐week test–retest reliability) and the concurrent and factor‐based validity were examined using two waves of Internet surveys over an interval of 4 weeks. Participants of the survey were 393 J apanese men and women who were registrants of an Internet survey company. Results Cronbach's α was greater than 0.5 for most scales, while it was low (α = 0.18) for sexual coercion by partner. The test–retest reliability of the binary variable for the presence or absence of IPV was high ( Y ule's Q , 0.79–1.00), and moderate between the scores ( S pearman's rank correlation, 0.38:0.70). Concordance with the Buss–Perry A ggression Q uestionnaire, V iolence A gainst W omen S creen, and K essler 6 generally indicated good concurrent validity. The results of the exploratory factor analysis confirmed the three‐factor structure of the Japanese version of the CTS2SF . Conclusion Although the internal consistency reliability was limited for some sub‐scales, its moderate internal consistency and test–retest reliability and good factor‐based validity highlighted the benefit of using the Japanese version of the CTS2SF in a large‐scale community survey where a shorter scale is required to assess IPV .