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Validation of the Korean Version of the Psychological Violence Scale in Romantic Relationships

  • THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
  • 2025, 38(4), pp.1~25
  • DOI : 10.35574/KJDP.2025.12.38.4.1
  • Publisher : The Korean Society For Developmental Psychology
  • Research Area : Social Science > Psychological Science
  • Received : July 13, 2025
  • Accepted : November 12, 2025
  • Published : December 15, 2025

Eunji Choi 1 Seung-yeon Lee ORD ID 1

1이화여자대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study aimed to validate the Korean version of the Multidimensional Measure of Emotional Abuse-Short Form (MMEA-SF; Maldonado et al., 2020) for unmarried Korean adults in heterosexual relationships. To this end, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses (N=281 and N=340, respectively) were conducted, resulting in a three-factor structure comprising 14 items: Restrictive Engulfment, Hostile Aggression, and Hostile Withdrawal. Analysis of reliability and criterion and incremental validity indicated that The Korean version of the MMEA-SF (K-MMEA-SF) is a reliable and valid scale to measure psychological dating violence among unmarried Korean adults. The K-MMEA-SF can be utilized as an effective tool to assess various aspects of psychological dating violence, and is expected to contribute to academic development in the field.

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