Psychometric properties of the scale for measuring beliefs that perpetuate intrafamilial violence in Peruvian women

• Autores: Huamani-Cahua, Julio, Arias-Gallegos, Walter, Álvarez-Salinas, Liliana
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2024
• Institución: Universidad Tecnológica del Perú
• Repositorio: UTP-Institucional
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.utp.edu.pe:20.500.12867/14122
• Enlace del recurso: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12867/14122; https://doi.org/10.4067/s0717-92272024000200159
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Couple violence; Domestic violence; Psychometric; Family; https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#5.01.00

Introduction: The couple violence is a phenomenon with relevant social and health implications for the victims, and requires validated instruments for its application in forensic context. Objective: The present study has as aim to analyze the psychometric properties of the Scale for Measuring Beliefs that Perpetuate Intrafamiliar Violence. Method: A sample of 1977 women from Arequipa (in Peru) were selected by mean of non-probabilistic methods. Results: The results has confirmed the three factors structure of the Scale for Measuring Beliefs that Perpetuate Intrafamiliar Violence, by confirmatory factor analysis, that count with optimal reliability indexes: Disturbing beliefs of physical maltreatment (ω= .895), Disturbing beliefs of domestic violence (ω= .865), and Disturbing beliefs of sexual abuse in minors (ω= .848). Conclusion: It is concluded that the Scale for Measuring Beliefs that Perpetuate Intrafamiliar Violence has evidence of validity and reliability.