NCJ Number
191900
Journal
Journal of Family Violence Volume: 16 Issue: 4 Dated: December 2001 Pages: 437-450
Date Published
December 2001
Length
14 pages
Annotation
The revised version of the Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS2) is one of the most promising research instruments for collecting crucial data on both victimization and perpetration behaviors for incarcerated women; the current study analyzed the factor structure and the reliability of the CTS2 for a sample of incarcerated women.
Abstract
Study participants were 359 women incarcerated in a maximum security prison in Maryland, who voluntarily agreed to participate in a 1-year substance abuse treatment program. The CTS2 provides prevalence and chronicity ratings in five major areas of intimate partner violence (IPV) and conflict resolution strategies. The five subscales are negotiation, psychological aggression, physical assault, sexual coercion, and injury. Participants are instructed to rate the number of times within the previous year that they and their partners engaged in the conflict resolution strategies on the form. There is little published data on the CTS2, and no data could be located in the literature regarding the use of this scale with incarcerated women. In the current study, item analysis revealed a high level of reliability for the overall scale as well as for the individual subscales. Additionally, results from the confirmatory multiple group factor analysis supported the five underlying subscales. The study concludes that the scale is acceptable for use with incarcerated females. 6 tables and 31 references