Conflict tactics scale

The conflict tactics scale (CTS), created by Murray A. Straus in 1979,[1] is used in the research of family violence."[2] There are two versions of the CTS; the CTS2 (an expanded and modified version of the original CTS)[3] and the CTSPC (CTS Parent-Child).[4][5] As of 2005,[6] the CTS has been used in about 600 peer reviewed scientific or scholarly papers, including longitudinal birth-cohort studies.[7] National surveys conducted in the USA include two National Family Violence Surveys (1975 and 1985),[8] the National Violence Against Women Survey (1998), which, according to Straus, used a "feminist version" of the CTS in order to minimize data on female perpetration of intimate partner violence (IPV),[9] and the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being.[10] A major international survey to use the CTS was the 2006 International Dating Violence Study, which investigated IPV amongst 13,601 college students across thirty-two different countries.[11]

In a 2005 article in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Jennifer Langhinrichsen-Rohling listed the CTS amongst the most important advances in the field of IPV research, stating it "was revolutionary because it allowed researchers to quantitatively study events that had often been ignored culturally and typically took place in private."[12]

However, the CTS is one of the most widely criticized domestic violence measurement instruments due to its exclusion of context variables and motivational factors in understanding acts of violence.[13][14] The National Institute of Justice cautions that the CTS may not be appropriate for IPV research "because it does not measure control, coercion, or the motives for conflict tactics."[15]

  1. ^ Straus, Murray A. (February 1979). "Measuring intra family conflict and violence: The Conflict Tactics (CT) Scales" (PDF). Journal of Marriage and the Family. 41 (1): 75–88. doi:10.2307/351733. JSTOR 351733. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 19, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  2. ^ Straus, Murray A.; Douglas, Emily M. (October 2004). "A Short Form of the Revised Conflict Tactics Scales, and Typologies for Severity and Mutuality" (PDF). Violence and Victims. 19 (5): 507–20. doi:10.1891/088667004780927800. PMID 15844722. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 23, 2015. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  3. ^ Straus, Murray A.; Hamby, Sherry L.; Boney-McCoy, Susan; Sugarman, David B. (May 1996). "The Revised Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS2): Development and Preliminary Psychometric Data" (PDF). Journal of Family Issues. 17 (3): 283–316. doi:10.1177/019251396017003001. S2CID 145367941. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2017. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  4. ^ Straus, Murray A.; Hamby, Sherry L. (1997). "Measuring Physical and Psychological Maltreatment of Children with the Conflict Tactics Scales" (PDF). In Kantor, Glenda Kaufman; Jasinski, Jana L. (eds.). Out of the Darkness: Contemporary Research Perspectives on Family Violence. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. pp. 119–135. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 19, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  5. ^ Straus, Murray A.; Hamby, Sherry L.; Finkelhor, David; Moore, David W.; Runyan, Desmond (November 1998). "Identification of Child Maltreatment with the Parent-Child Conflict Tactics Scales: Development and Psychometric Data for a National Sample of American Parents" (PDF). Child Abuse and Neglect. 22 (4): 249–270. doi:10.1016/s0145-2134(97)00174-9. PMID 9589178. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 25, 2014. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  6. ^ Straus, Murray A. (2007). "Conflict Tactics Scales" (PDF). In Jackson, Nicky Ali (ed.). Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence. New York: Routledge. p. 195. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  7. ^ Moffitt, Terrie E.; Caspi, Avshalom E. (July 1999). "Findings About Partner Violence From the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study" (PDF). National Institute of Justice: Research in Brief. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  8. ^ Straus, Murray A.; Gelles, Richard J. (1990). Physical Violence in American Families: Risk Factors and Adaptations to Violence in 8,145 Families. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction.
  9. ^ Rosenthal, Mark B. (April 4, 2005). "Straus Says National Violence Against Women Survey is Biased". Breaking the Science. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  10. ^ Casanueva, Cecilia; Martin, Sandra L.; Runyan, Desmond K. (February 2009). "Repeated reports for child maltreatment among intimate partner violence victims: Findings from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being". Child Abuse & Neglect. 33 (2): 84–93. doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2007.04.017. PMID 19285725. S2CID 45039985. (subscription required)
  11. ^ Straus, Murray A. (March 2008). "Dominance and symmetry in partner violence by male and female university students in 32 nations" (PDF). Children and Youth Services Review. 30 (3): 252–275. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2007.10.004. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 2, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  12. ^ Langhinrichsen-Rohling, Jennifer (January 2005). "Top 10 Greatest "Hits": Important Findings and Future Directions for Intimate Partner Violence Research" (PDF). Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 20 (1): 108–18. doi:10.1177/0886260504268602. PMID 15618567. S2CID 29893055. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  13. ^ Dobash, Russel P.; Dobash, R. Emerson (May 2004). "Women's Violence to Men in Intimate Relationships: Working on a Puzzle" (PDF). British Journal of Criminology. 44 (3): 324–349. doi:10.1093/crimin/azh026. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  14. ^ Colarossi, Linda (May 2004). "A Response to Danis & Lockhart: What Guides Social Work Knowledge About Violence Against Women?". Journal of Social Work Education. 41 (1): 151. doi:10.5175/JSWE.2005.200400418. S2CID 143655449. (subscription required)
  15. ^ "Measuring Intimate Partner (Domestic) Violence". National Institute of Justice. May 12, 2010. Retrieved May 20, 2014.