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The Attitudes Towards Violence Scale

A Measure for Adolescents

JEANNE B. FUNK

University of Toledo

ROBERT ELLIOTT

University of Toledo

MICHELLE L. URMAN

University of Toledo

GEYSA T. FLORES

University of Toledo

ROSE M. MOCK

Victims Forum, Office of the Lucas County, Ohio Prosecutor

The incidence and lethality of youth violence is escalating, leading to the development of violence prevention programs. Some have attempted to "resensitize" individuals to violence. The Attitudes Towards Violence Scale was designed to assess the impact of such interventions. The Scale demonstrates good internal reliability (Cronbach's alpha=.86) and a meaningful twofactor solution: Reactive Violence (violence used in response to actual or perceived threat) and Culture of Violence (a pervasive, ingrained identification with violence as an acceptable and valued activity). Being male, being of a non-European American ethnicity, or being a victim of violence predicted endorsement of proviolence attitudes. The Attitudes Towards Violence Scale may be useful in targeting interventions according to preexisting attitudinal dispositions.

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 14, No. 11, 1123-1136 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/088626099014011001
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