Psychometric Validation of the Dating Violence Questionnaire (DVQ-R) in Ecuadorians Muñoz-Aucapiña, Miriam Jacqueline Muñoz-Aucapiña, Rosa Elvira García García, Inmaculada Alvarez Serrano, Maria Adelaida Antolí Jover, Ana María Martínez García, Encarnación dating violence Nursing students gender violence validation study Gender-based violence among young people is a pressing global problem, causing injury and disability to women and posing physical, mental, sexual, and reproductive health risks. This study aimed to psychometrically validate the Dating Violence Questionnaire—Revised (DVQ-R) in a sample of 340 Ecuadorian university students. The study included 340 male and female students from two universities in Ecuador. The reliability and validity of the questionnaire were rigorously assessed by exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, which revealed a four-factor model as the most parsimonious solution (RMSEA = 0.012). The factors were labelled as follows: ‘emotional neglect and contempt’, ‘physical violence and aggression’, ‘coercion and control’, and ‘emotional manipulation and testing’. The validated scale yielded a Cronbach’s alpha (α) of 0.839, with individual alpha values of 0.872, 0.764, 0.849, and 0.729 for each dimension. Convergent validity was established, as the mean variance extracted per factor exceeded 0.4. Divergent validity was confirmed, as the variance retained by each factor was greater than the variance shared between them (mean variance extracted per factor > ϕ2). These results indicate that the DVQ-R is a valid and reliable instrument to assess dating violence among Spanish-speaking young adults, which supports future research and prevention programmes. 2025-01-28T11:24:45Z 2025-01-28T11:24:45Z 2025-01 journal article Muñoz-Aucapiña, M. J., Muñoz-Aucapiña, R. E., García-García, I., Álvarez-Serrano, M. A., Antolí-Jover, A. M., & Martínez-García, E. (2025). Psychometric Validation of the Dating Violence Questionnaire (DVQ-R) in Ecuadorians. Behavioral Sciences, 15(1), 68. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15010068 https://hdl.handle.net/10481/100737 10.3390/bs15010068 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ open access Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional MDPI