Abuse in dating questionnaire (CMN)

binational instrument (Italy – Mexico)

Abstract

Couple dating violence is a problem of public health that must be studied in a systematic manner. The objective of this study was to analyze the psychometric characteristic of the questionnaire abuse in dating (CMN), made up of five scales (psychological, physical, economic, sexual and influence socio-cultural) 1092 Women participated (430 Italian and 662 Mexican, average age 20.9 years; D.S. = 2. 6). In addition, they answered the Multidimensional measure of emotional abuse (MMEA). The CMN showed an internal consistency of 0.94, emerged a significant positive correlation with the MMEA (0.31) and confirmatory factor analysis determined the five theoretical areas referred. The conclusion was that the scale allows to evaluate the presence of abuse in dating.