Revised Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS2).
CTS2
- What it measures
- Tactics used in conflicts with a partner; 5 scales (Negotiation, Psychological Aggression, Physical Assault, Sexual Coercion, Injury), each with minor and severe subscales; bidirectional (self and partner)
- Length and format
- 78 (39 behavior pairs). 8-point past-year frequency (0 never this year ... 6 more than 20 times; 7 = not this year but before) (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Widely translated (used internationally in family-violence research)
- Normative data
- No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
- Licence
- copyrighted - commercial
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- Reference
- Straus, M. A., Hamby, S. L., Boney-McCoy, S., & Sugarman, D. B. (1996). The Revised Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS2). Journal of Family Issues, 17(3), 283-316. (https://www.wpspublish.com)
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