THE REVISED CONFLICT-TACTICS-SCALES (CTS2) - DEVELOPMENT AND PRELIMINARY PSYCHOMETRIC DATA

This article describes a revised Conflict Tactics Scales (the CTS2) to measure psychological and physical attacks on a partner in a marital, cohabiting, or dating relationship; and also use of negotiation. The CTS2 has (a) additional items to enhance content validity and reliabil ity; (b) revised wording to increase clarity and specificity; (c) bett er differentiation between minor and severe levels of each scale; (d) new scales to measure sexual coercion and physical injury; and (e) a n ew format to simplify administration and reduce response sets. Reliabi lity ranges from .79 to .95. There is preliminary evidence of construc t validity.