Validation of the Korean Version of the Psychological Violence Scale in Romantic Relationships (연인 관계 맥락에서의 심리적 폭력 단축형 척도 (K-MMEA-SF) 타당화 연구)

Eunji Choi (최은지); Seung-yeon Lee (이승연)

doi:10.35574/KJDP.2025.12.38.4.1

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 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.

KEYWORDS

Psychological Dating Violence, Multidimensional Measure of Emotional Abuse-Short Form, Scale Validation

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