Assessing the longitudinal measurement invariance of the Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationships Inventory (CADRI) victimization scale across heterosexual and sexual minority adolescents in the United States.

Psychology of Violence, Nov 07 , 2022, No Pagination Specified; doi:10.1037/vio0000452

Objective: Teen dating violence (TDV) is studied widely; however, less is known about these forms of victimization among adolescent sexual minority (SM) populations. The Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationships Inventory (CADRI) victimization scale is a widely used multidimensional measure for assessing TDV whose factor structure has recently been shown to be invariant across sex, race/ethnicity, and time. While this work has confirmed that the measurement of the CADRI functions similarly across sex, race/ethnicity, and time, it is not known whether the factor structure is invariant across sexual minority (lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer; SM) and heterosexual adolescents. This study extends previous work by assessing the measurement invariance of the CADRI for SM high school students across three waves. Method: The present study uses a longitudinal multigroup confirmatory factor analysis using diagonally weighted least squares to assess factorial invariance of the CADRI across SM adolescents using three waves of data. Results: Factorial measurement invariance across groups (SM and heterosexual youth) and across time was found for the CADRI. Conclusion: Findings confirm the factorial invariance of a popular TDV measure being suitable for use among sexual minority youth, wherein rates of victimization are generally higher. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)