What is it about?

It is important that all youth receive effective interventions to prevent dating violence, given its high prevalence. The current study describes the development of a questionnaire, the Dating Violence Evaluation Questionnaire (DVEQ), to assess dating violence knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours. The results indicate that the DVEQ is a comprehensive and reliable evaluation instrument.

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Why is it important?

The DVEQ can be used to evaluate levels of dating violence knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours, thereby informing the design of dating violence prevention programs by identifying specific deficits that need to be targeted.

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This work was a community-based effort conducted through the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research at the University of New Brunswick (Canada).

Stacey McKay
University of New Brunswick Fredericton

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This page is a summary of: Development and initial validation of the Dating Violence Evaluation Questionnaire (DVEQ)., Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science/Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement, October 2021, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/cbs0000254.
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