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THE CONFLICT TACTICS SCALES (CTS)

Contents

General
The Parent-Child CTS (CTSPC)
The Revised CTS (CTS2)
Scoring
Methodology
Reviews and Bibliography
Applications

General

• Copies of the test are in appendices to papers CTS15, 17, 24, 33, 37. However, Western Psychological Services (WPS) is the publisher of the CTS. Permission from WPS is required to reproduce copies of this instrument. Click here for: PERMISSION TO USE/PURCHASING COPIES OF THE CTS

• BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE CONFLICT TACTICS SCALE (CTS44)

• CTS24 - CHILD-REPORT, ADULT-RECALL, AND SIBLING VERSIONS OF THE REVISED CONFLICT TACTICS SCALES

• CTS30 - CONFLICT TACTICS SCALES SOURCEBOOK- TABLE OF CONTENTS ONLY

• CTS35 - TRANSLATIONS OF THE CTS

• CTS36 - PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS IN RESEARCH USING THE CONFLICT TACTICS SCALES

The Parent-Child CTS (CTSPC)

• CTS7 - MEASURING PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL MALTREATMENT OF CHILDREN WITH THE CONFLICT TACTICS SCALES

• CTS17 - IDENTIFICATION OF CHILD MALTREATMENT WITH THE PARENT-CHILD CONFLICT TACTICS SCALES: DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOMETRIC DATA FOR A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF AMERICAN PARENTS (CTSPC)

• CTS33 - PICTURE-CARD VERSION OF THE PARENT-CHILD CONFLICT TACTICS SCALES

• CTS38 - A SHORT FORM AND SEVERITY LEVEL TYPES FOR THE PARENT-CHILD CONFLICT TACTICS SCALES

The Revised CTS (CTS2)

• CTS15 - THE REVISED CONFLICT TACTICS SCALES; DEVELOPMENT AND PRELIMINARY PSYCHOMETRIC DATA (CTS2)

• LENGTH OF THE CTS2 COMPARED TO THE ORIGINAL CTS

• CTS21 - THE CONTROVERSY OVER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BY WOMEN: A METHODOLOGICAL, THEORETICAL, AND SOCIOLOGY OF SCIENCE ANALYSIS
  

• CTS 37 - A SHORT FORM OF THE CONFLICT TACTICS SCALES, AND TYPOLOGIES FOR SEVERITY AND MUTUALITY
  

• CTS42/ID42 - CROSS CULTURAL RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF THE REVISED CONFLICT TACTICS SCALES: A STUDY OF UNIVERSITY STUDENT DATING COUPLES IN 17 NATIONS

Scoring

• CTS28 - SCORING AND NORMS FOR THE CTS2 AND CTSPC

• CTS28A - SPSS SYNTAX FOR CREATING SCALE SCORES FOR THE CTSPC 

• CTS28B - SPSS SYNTAX TO SCORE THE CTS2

• CTS28S - SPANISH TRANSLATION OF PAPER CTS28

Methodology

• CTS6 - INJURY AND FREQUENCY OF ASSAULT AND THE "REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE FALLACY" IN MEASURING WIFE BEATING AND CHILD ABUSE

• CTS16 - FOUR MEASURES OF PARTNER VIOLENCE: CONSTRUCT SIMILARITY AND CLASSIFICATION DIFFERENCES

• CTS29 - THE EFFECT OF QUESTION ORDER ON DISCLOSURE OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE: AN EXPERIMENTAL TEST USING THE CONFLICT TACTICS SCALES

• CTS30 - SOURCEBOOK FOR THE CONFLICT TACTICS SCALES (CTS)
  

Reviews And Bibliography

• CTS4 - THE CONFLICT TACTICS SCALES AND ITS CRITICS: AN EVALUATION AND NEW DATA ON VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY

• CTS18 - TABULAR SUMMARIES OF METHODOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF RESEARCH USING THE CONFLICT TACTICS SCALES (This bibliography refers to the Original CTS.  For a similar, but less detailed, summary of publications on the CTS2, see paper CTS39 below)

• CTS11R - CONFLICT TACTICS SCALES BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1972 - 1996, REFERENCES ARRANGED BY TOPIC (This paper refers to the Original CTS.  For references on the CTS2 and CTSPC, see paper CTS39 below.)

• CTS39 - BIBLIOGRAPHY AND TABULAR SUMMARY OF PUBLICATION ON THE REVISED CONFLICT TACTICS SCALES (CTS2 AND CTSPC)

• CTS41 - REFLECTIONS ON "MEASURING INTRAFAMILY CONFLICT & VIOLENCE"

• CTS48 - BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE REVISED CONFLICT TACTICS SCALES (CTS2) AND THE PARENT-CHILD CONFLICT TACTICS SCALES (CTSPC)

Applications

• CTS8 - IDENTIFYING OFFENDERS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE RESEARCH ON DOMESTIC ASSAULT

• CTS10 - SCREENING FOR PHYSICAL VIOLENCE IN COUPLE THERAPY: METHODOLOGICAL, PRACTICAL, AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS

• CTS13 - PHYSICAL ASSAULT RATES BASED ON USE OF THE CTS OUTSIDE THE USA OR WITH RACIAL/LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN THE USA

• CTS27 - PSYCHOLOGICAL AGGRESSION BY AMERICAN PARENTS: NATIONAL DATA ON PREVALENCE, CHRONICITY, AND SEVERITY
  
  

• CTS45/PR45/ID45 - PREDICTORS OF SEXUAL COERCION AGAINST WOMEN AND MEN: A MULTILIVEL, MULTINATIONAL STUDY OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
  
  
• CTS53/ID53 - POLYVICTIMIZATION BY DATING PARTNERS AND MENTAL HEALTH AMONG US COLLEGE STUDENTS