@misc{10481/92369,
year = {2024},
month = {3},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/92369},
abstract = {Background: Dating violence has become a problem of social relevance with short- and longterm
health consequences. Nurses are in a privileged position to detect and address this problem in
health facilities and as school nurses in schools, providing health education and detecting this violence
correctly. Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the cross-cultural validation of the Portuguese
version of the Multidimensional Scale of Dating Violence-Short (MSDV 2.0). Methods: A validation
investigation was carried out in two phases: (1) cross-cultural adaptation of the items and content
validation of the Portuguese version of MSDV 2.0 and (2) psychometric validation. Results: Phase
(1): The items of the original version include a cross-cultural translation from Spanish to Portuguese
and analysed by a group of experts in gender violence and by the authors of the original scale, then
a back translation was made and again reviewed by the experts. Young university students also
participated for face validity, and a pilot test was carried out. Phase (2): Confirmatory factor analysis
was performed using the robust maximum-likelihood estimation method, which confirmed the fivedimensional
structure, obtaining good fit rates (chi-square significance (χ2) = 187.860 (p < 0.0001);
root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) = 0.049; comparative fit index (CFI) = 0.937;
Tucker–Lewis index (TLI) = 0.923). Reliability analysis indicated adequate internal consistency
(Cronbach’s alpha (α) = 0.88 to 0.70). Finally, scores of the Portuguese versions MSDV 2.0 were
correlated, as expected, positively with the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21) (r = 0.36
to 0.16) and negatively with the Medical Outcomes Study Questionnaire Short Form 36, Health
Survey (SF-36) (r = −0.30 to −0.14). Conclusions: To date, it is the only instrument that measures
dating violence in a multidimensional way validated in the Portuguese university context.},
organization = {Grant for the internal mobility of personnel dedicated to
research (Modality A-13A of the own research plan) from the University of Seville},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Dating violence},
keywords = {Gender-based violence},
keywords = {Health},
title = {Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Portuguese Version of the Multidimensional Scale of Dating Violence 2.0 in Young University Students},
doi = {10.3390/healthcare12070759},
author = {Tarriño-Concejero, Lorena and Cerejo, Dalila and Arnedillo Sánchez, Socorro and Praena Fernández, Juan Manuel and García-Carpintero Muñoz, Mª Ángeles},
}