A concurrent validation of the Violence Sensitivity Scale
Abstract
A correlational concurrent validity study of the Violence Sensitivity Scale (VSS) was conducted in which respondents (N=169) also completed the Nonviolence Test (NVT), the Attitudes Toward Violence Scale (ATVS) and the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (MCSD). The VSS was significantly positively correlated with the NVT and MCSD, and significantly negatively correlated with a transformed ATVS distribution. Principal Factors Analysis limited to four, factors assigned 23 of 38 VSS behaviors to the same factors as in a previous study. Multiple regression tests found the NVT and MCSD to be significant predictors of VSS and VSS subscale scores. Demographic variables were examined for differences on the VSS. Follow-up study suggestions are proposed and implications for use of the VSS in nonviolence training and in the study of peace and conflict are discussed.
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Jonathan Corey,
"A concurrent validation of the Violence Sensitivity Scale"
(2008).
ETD Collection for University of Rhode Island.
Paper AAI3346847.
http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/dissertations/AAI3346847
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