Validation of the Violent Ideations Scale (VIS) in Spain

Carlota Urruela; Ana M. Greco; Diego A. Díaz-Faes; Izabela Zych; Noemí Pereda; Manuel Eisner; Denis Ribeaud; Aja Louise Murray

doi:10.1177/0306624X221148126

Validation of the Violent Ideations Scale (VIS) in Spain

Carlota Urruela^*, Ana M. Greco, Diego A. Díaz-Faes, Izabela Zych, Noemí Pereda, Manuel Eisner, Denis Ribeaud, Aja Louise Murray

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Research has shown that violent ideations (VIs) may play a key role in aggression and violence. However, there is no tool to measure this construct adapted to the Spanish language so far. The current study aims to translate and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Violent Ideations Scale (VIS) in European Spanish. This study counts with a convenience sample of 752 native Spaniards or Spanish speakers residing in Spain, between 18- and 75-years old, 53% identified as female and 47% identified as male. The dimensionality, gender measurement invariance, concurrent validity and reliability of scores were assessed. Initial evidence of external validity was collected. Results confirmed the unidimensionality of the instrument. Measurement invariance held across females and males and reliabilities were high. VIS-ES scores correlated with aggressive behavior during the previous month. The VIS-ES seems suitable for use in non-clinical Spanish speaking samples.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1474-1492
Number of pages	19
Journal	International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
Volume	67
Issue number	15
Early online date	16 Jan 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X221148126
Publication status	Published - Nov 2023

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aggression
psychometric properties
reliability
violence
violent ideation

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