Pérez-Martínez, Vanesa, Sanchez-SanSegundo, Miriam, Ferrer-Cascales, Rosario, Lordan, Oriol, Bowes, Nicola, Vives-Cases, Carmen
Psychometric Properties and Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Spanish Version of the Maudsley Violence Questionnaire among Adolescent Students
Pérez-Martínez V, Sánchez-SanSegundo M, Ferrer-Cascales R, Lordan O, Bowes N, Vives-Cases C. Psychometric Properties and Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Spanish Version of the Maudsley Violence Questionnaire among Adolescent Students. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(15):8225. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18158225
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/117066
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18158225
ISSN: 1660-4601
Abstract: 
The Maudsley Violence Questionnaire (MVQ) is an instrument specifically developed to evaluate violent thinking through two subscales examining macho attitudes and the acceptance of violence. This study analyzed the psychometric properties and factor structure of the Spanish version of the MVQ questionnaire in a large sample of 1933 Spanish adolescents. An online questionnaire was used to collect variables, such as sociodemographic and sexism data. The factor structure showed good fit indices in Spanish adolescents, which were similar to the original scale. The exploratory analysis yielded a first factor that explained 11.3% of the total variance and a second factor that explained 10.8% of the total variance. The Goodness of Fit Index (GFI) (0.902), Adjusted Goodness of Fit Index (AGFI) (0.90), Normed Fit Index (NNFI) (0.85), and the Comparative Fit Index (CFI) (0.86) suggested that the model fit the data adequately (with values ≥ 0.90) and the Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA) (≤0.10) values indicative of an adequate fit. This study contributes a Spanish-language validated tool to measure machismo and the acceptance of violence among adolescents.
Keywords:Machismo, Acceptance of violence, MVQ, Dating violence, Teenagers
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