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Violence Faite Aux Filles Dans le Contexte des Fréquentations À L'adolescence: Élaboration D'un Instrument (Viffa)

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
April 2001

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Il s'agit de rapporter le mode d'élaboration et la validation préliminaire d'un instrument de mesure, le VIFFA (VIolence faite aux Filles dans les Fréquentations à l'Adolescence). L'objectif est de s'assurer des qualités métriques de ce type de mesure auto-rapportée et de proposer un outil adapté au contexte des jeunes adolescents et adolescentes. Cet instrument est élaboré à partir des concepts de violence physique, psychologique et sexuelle et comprend un double questionnement sur la violence afin de bien situer le concept étudié et de faciliter le choix du partenaire de référence pour l'étude détaillée de la relation. Les filles étaient interrogées sur la violence subie par un garçon et les garçons sur la violence infligée à une fille lors d'une fréquentation. L'échan-tillon total comprend 331 garçons et 377 filles, dont l'âge moyen est de 14,6 ans. Un questionnaire de désirabilité sociale a servi à évaluer la validité discriminante et les résultats montrent que les jeunes ne répondent pas en fonction de la désirabilité sociale. Des analyses factorielles font ressortir 4 facteurs légèrement différents pour les filles et les garçons. Pour les filles (vio-lence subie), il s'agit de la violence verbale et émotionnelle, de la violence physique, du contrôle par la jalousie et de la violence sexuelle. Pour les gar-çons (violence infligée), les facteurs comprennent la violence psychologique, la jalousie et la violence dans les relations sexuelles, la violence physique sévère et la violence physique mineure. Un aspect novateur est la mise en valeur des comportements de jalousie dans l'expérience de violence.

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The aim is to report on the development and preliminary validation of an instrument, VIFFA (VIolence faite aux Filles dans les Fréquentations à l'Adolescence), on female victimization in the context of dating violence in adolescence. Objectives are twofold: to document the psychometric qualities of this self-report and to propose an instrument adapted to the context of young teens. The instrument refers to concepts of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. Questioning in two phases is used to achieve proper understanding of the concept studied and to help select the partner to whom they refer in the second detailed phase. Girls were questioned on violence sustained and boys on violence inflicted. The total sample included 331 boys and 377 girls; their mean age was 14.6 years. A social desirability questionnaire was used to evaluate discriminant validity and the results indicate that the adolescents' answers were not distorted by social desirability. The factorial analyses re-sulted in 4 slightly different factors for girls and boys. With regard to the girls (violence sustained), the factors included Verbal and Emotional Abuse, Physical Abuse, Control through Jealousy and Sexual Abuse. With the boys (violence inflicted), the factors were Psychological Abuse, Jealousy and Sexual Abuse, Severe Physical Abuse and Minor Physical Abuse. Validation studies indicate that the instrument has adequate psychometric qualities and is adapted to the context of adolescence. An innovative aspect is the place given to items concerning jealousy.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 20Number 1April 2001
Pages: 153 - 171

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Version of record online: 12 Mai 2009

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Francine Lavoie
Lucie Vézina

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