Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Portuguese Version of the Multidimensional Scale of Dating Violence 2.0 in Young University Students Tarriño-Concejero, Lorena Cerejo, Dalila Arnedillo Sánchez, Socorro Praena Fernández, Juan Manuel García-Carpintero Muñoz, Mª Ángeles Dating violence Gender-based violence Health 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. 2024-06-06T06:59:47Z 2024-06-06T06:59:47Z 2024-03-30 journal article Tarriño-Concejero, L.; Cerejo, D.; Arnedillo-Sánchez, S.; Praena-Fernández, J.M.; García-Carpintero Muñoz, M.Á. Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Portuguese Version of the Multidimensional Scale of Dating Violence 2.0 in Young University Students. Healthcare 2024, 12, 759. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12070759 https://hdl.handle.net/10481/92369 10.3390/healthcare12070759 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ open access Atribución 4.0 Internacional MDPI