This study examined the factorial structure of the Revised Dating Violence Questionnaire for Victimization and Perpetration (DVQ-RVP). In addition, invariance by sex, age, and ethnic group was analysed, as well as the relationship between victimization and perpetration and the sex-differentiated frequencies. The participants were 1,164 Chilean adolescents and young adults aged 13 to 25. Confirmatory factor analyses were conducted, and various reliability coefficients, convergent and discriminant validity, invariance analyses, Pearson correlations, and chi-square tests were calculated. The results indicated that the DVQ-RVP showed adequate psychometric properties for assessing dating violence, as well as excellent reliability and convergent and discriminant validity indicators. The victimization scale was invariant across sex, age, and ethnic group, while the perpetration scale was not invariant across sex. The relationships between being a victim and a perpetrator were positive across all dimensions. Sex differences were found in the reported frequencies of victimization (physical violence, humiliation, and detachment) and in the reported frequencies of perpetration (sexual violence, humiliation, and detachment). In conclusion, the high frequency of DV and the sex differences underscore the need to develop prevention and intervention programs from a gender perspective. The DVQ-RVP can be used to assess dating violence.
Burgos-Benavides et al. (Wed,) studied this question.