Instrument details

Instrument Title

CADRI: Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationship Inventory (North America)

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Source Article

Wolfe, D., Scott, K., Reitzel-Jaffe, D., Wekerle, C., Grasley, C., & Straatman, A. (2001). Development and Validation of the Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationship Inventory. Psychological Assessment. 13(2): 277-293 Please see attached PDFs for source article citations for other instances of when instrument was used in North America.

Response Options

4-point Likert scale ranging form 0 (never) to 3 (this has happened 6 or more times)

Survey Items

Physical Abuse

  1. I threw something at her/him
  2. I kicked, hit, or punched her/him
  3. I slapped her/him or pulled her/his hair
  4. I pushed, shoved, or shook her/him
Threatening Behavior
  1. I threw something at her/him
  2. I destroyed or threatened to destroy something she/he valued
  3. I deliberately tried to frighten her/him
  4. I threatened to hurt her/him
  5. I threatened to hit or throw something at her/him
Sexual Abuse
  1. I touched her/him sexually when she/he didn’t want me to
  2. I forced her/him to have sex when she/he didn’t want to
  3. I threatened her/him in an attempt to have sex with her/him
  4. I kissed her/him when she/he didn’t want me to
Relational Aggression
  1. I tried to turn her/his friends against her/him
  2. I said things to her/his friends about her/him to turn them against her/him
  3. I spread rumors against her/him
Emotional and Verbal Abuse
  1. I did something to try to make her/him jealous
  2. I brought up something bad that she/he had done in the past
  3. I said things just to make her/him angry
  4. I spoke to her/him in a hostile or mean tone of voice
  5. I insulted her/him with put downs
  6. I ridiculed or made fun of her/him in front of others
  7. I kept track of who she/he was with and where she/he was
  8. I blamed her/him for the problem
  9. I accused her/him of flirting with another guy/girl
  10. I threatened to end the relationship

Internal Reliability

Cronbach’s α values are: Sexual Abuse = 0.51, Threatening Behavior = 0.66, Verbal or Emotional Abuse = 0.82, Relational Aggression = 0.52, Physical Abuse = 0.83. Please see attached PDFs for specific reliability information for other instances of when instrument was used in North America.

Validity

Reproducibility, Convergent Validity, and Factor Structure are reported. Please see attached PDFs for specific validity information for other instances of when instrument was used in North America.

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Terms Of Use

Individuals may use this information for research or educational purposes only and may not use this information for commercial purposes. When using this instrument, please cite:

Wolfe, D., Scott, K., Reitzel-Jaffe, D., Wekerle, C., Grasley, C., & Straatman, A. (2001). Development and Validation of the Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationship Inventory. Psychological Assessment. 13(2): 277-293 Please see attached PDFs for source article citations for other instances of when instrument was used in North America.

When presenting results using any survey information you obtained from the SABI, please acknowledge the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), an NIH funded program P30 AI50410.