Assessing Acceptance of Violence Toward Women: A Factor Analysis of Burt's Acceptance of Interpersonal Violence Scale

• NCJ Number: 227556
• Journal: Violence Against Women Volume: 15 Issue: 7 Dated: July 2009 Pages: 799-809
• Author(s): Richard L. Ogle; Nora E. Noel; Stephen A. Maisto
• Date Published: July 2009
• Length: 11 pages
• Grant Number(s): R01-AA13471
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Health and Human Services
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This study tested the multidimensionality of the Acceptance of Interpersonal Violence Scale (AIV).

Abstract

The overall implication of the analysis is that the psychometric argument about the multidimensionality of the AIV is justified. The results found that in an underlying two-factor structure with each having three items, one factor contained the items relevant to intimate partner violence (physical violence), and the other contained items related to sexual violence. Results of the exploratory factor analysis (EFA) were similar to past studies, finding two major factors; the two factors accounted for a significant amount of the variance in the data. Furthermore, the results of the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) showed that this two-factor model provided a better fit to the data than the original single-factor model or the null model. Further, results proved the AIV to be a multidimensional scale. Potential problems when using the single sum score and the applicability of the derived factor structure to violence research are discussed. Tables and references