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The Convergent Validities of Two Measures of Dating Behaviors Related to Risk for Sexual Victimization

Kimberly Hanson Breitenbecher

Northern Kentucky University

The primary purpose of this investigation was to assess the convergent validities of two measures of dating behaviors related to risk for sexual victimization, the Dating Self-Protection Against Rape Scale (DSPARS) and the Dating Behavior Survey (DBS). Three hundred seventy-seven women responded to measures assessing self-protective dating behavior (DSPARS), risk-related dating behavior (DBS), risk perception in a sexual assault scenario, and history of sexual victimization. The results support the convergent validities of the DSPARS and the DBS. Specifically, the results indicate that scores on the DSPARS were negatively correlated with risk-related dating behavior, delayed risk perception, and history of sexual victimization. In addition, scores on the DBS were positively correlated with delayed risk perception and history of sexual victimization. Scores on the DBS were also negatively correlated with self-protective dating behavior.

Key Words: sexual victimization • dating behaviors • risk perception • validity

This version was published on August 1, 2008

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 23, No. 8, 1095-1107 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0886260507313974
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