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VOLITION TOWARDS INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE: A THEORETICAL CONSTRUCT AND EMPIRICAL EVALUATION

Suzila Ismail, John Maltby, Ruth Hatcher


Concerning on the rise of perpetrating of intimate partner violence (IPV) cases, this study aims to investigate the volition towards IPV among civil servants in Malaysia. The 11-item measure was developed using the concept of volitional help sheet and adapted from the Conflict Tactics Scale 2 of Straus et al. (1996). Exploratory (n=315) and confirmatory (n= 498) factor analytic studies suggest 1-factor structure with adequate model fit. The reliability assessment also found satisfactory. The current findings add to the IPV literature, particularly on the volition of IPV