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. 2016 Oct 21;17(1):77–84. doi: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2016.09.001
We would like to know how often you have experimented each of the following behaviors in the intimate partnership you selected. There are five different levels in the scale, from:
never-0 to all of the time-4.
Tick the option which fits better to your experience.
Scale
1 “Tests” your love, setting traps to find out if you are cheating(Pone a prueba tu amor, poniéndote trampas para comprobar si le engañas, le quieres o si le eres fiel) C
2 You feel compelled to have sex as long as you don’t have to explain why(Te sientes obligada/o a mantener sexo con tal de no dar explicaciones de por qué) S
3 Mocks women or men in general (Se burla acerca de las mujeres u hombres en general) G
4 Has stolen from you (Te ha robado) I
5 Has beaten you(Te ha golpeado) P
6 Is a good student, but is always late at meetings, does not fulfil his/her promises, and is irresponsible(Es cumplidor/a con el estudio, pero llega tarde a las citas, no cumple lo prometido y se muestra irresponsable) D
7 Humiliates you in public (Te humilla en público) H
8 Refuses to have sex with you or give you affection to express his/her anger/annoyance (Te niega sexo o afecto como forma de enfadarse) E
9 Talks to you about relationships he/she imagines you have(Te habla sobre relaciones que imagina que tienes) C
10 Insists on touching you in ways and places which you don’t like and don’t want(Insiste en tocamientos que no te son agradables y que tú no quieres) S
11 Believes that the opposite sex is inferior, and says that its members should obey men (or women) (Piensa que los del otro sexo son inferiores y manifiesta que deben obedecer a los hombres (o mujeres), o no lo dice, pero actúa de acuerdo con este principio) G
12 Takes car keys or money away from you (Te quita las llaves del coche o el dinero) I
13 Has slapped your face, pushed or shaken you(Te ha abofeteado, empujado o zarandeado) P
14 Does not acknowledge any responsibility regarding the relationship or what happens to both of you(No reconoce responsabilidad alguna sobre la relación de pareja, ni sobre lo que os sucede a ambos) D
15 Criticizes you, underestimates the way you are, or humiliates your self-esteem(Te critica, subestima tu forma de ser, o humilla tu amor propio) H
16 Refuses to give you support or affection as a punishment (Te niega apoyo, afecto o aprecio como forma de castigarte) E
17 Threatens to commit suicide or hurt himself/herself if you leave him/her (Amenaza con suicidarse o hacerse daño si lo/la dejas) C
18 Has treated you as a sexual object (Te ha tratado como un objeto sexual) S
19 Has ridiculed or insulted women or men as a group (Ha ridiculizado o insultado a las mujeres u hombres como grupo) G
20 Has thrown blunt instruments at you(Ha lanzado objetos contundentes contra ti) P
21 Has hurt you with an object(Te ha herido con algún objeto) P
22 Imposes rules on the relationship (days, times, types of outings), at his/her exclusive convenience (Impone reglas sobre la relación (días, horarios, tipos de salidas), de acuerdo con su conveniencia exclusiva) D
23 Ridicules your way of expressing yourself(Ridiculiza tu forma de expresarte) H
24 Threatens to abandon you (Te amenaza con abandonarte) E
25 Has physically kept you from leaving(Te ha retenido para que no te vayas) C
26 You feel forced to perform certain sexual acts(Te sientes forzado/a a realizar determinados actos sexuales) S
27 Has made fun of or discredited your feminity/masculinity (Ha bromeado o desprestigiado tu condición de mujer/hombre) G
28 Made you go into financial debt (Te ha hecho endeudar) I
29 Damages or destroys objects that mean a lot to you (Estropea objetos muy queridos por ti) P
30 Has ignored your feelings(Ha ignorado tus sentimientos) D
31 Criticizes, insults you, or yells at you (Te critica, te insulta o grita) H
32 Stops talking to you or disappears for several days, without any explanation, to show their annoyance (Deja de hablarte o desaparece por varios días, sin dar explicaciones, como manera de demostrar su enfado) D
33 Manipulates you with lies (Te manipula con mentiras) D
34 Doesn’t consider your feelings about sex (No ha tenido en cuenta tus sentimientos sobre el sexo) S
35 You feel he/she unjustly criticizes your sexuality (Sientes que critica injustamente tu sexualidad) G
36 Insults you in the presence of friends or relatives (Te insulta en presencia de amigos o familiares) H
37 Has refused to help you when you were in real need (Ha rehusado ayudarte cuando de verdad lo necesitabas) D
38 Invades your space (listening to a loud music when you are studying, listening your phone calls…)(Invade tu espacio (escucha la radio muy fuerte cuando estás estudiando, te interrumpe cuando estás solo/a…) o privacidad (abre cartas dirigidas a ti, escucha tus conversaciones telefónicas…) C
39 Forces you to undress even if you don’t want to(Te fuerza a desnudarte cuando tu no quieres) S
40 Has ridiculed or insulted your beliefs, religion or social class(Ha ridiculizado o insultado tus creencias, religión o clase social) H
41 Ridicules or insults you for the ideas you uphold(Te ridiculiza o insulta por las ideas que mantienes) H
42 You feel you can’t argue with him/her because he/she is almost always annoyed with you (Sientes que no puedes discutir con él/ella, porque está casi siempre enfadado/a contigo) C

Note. D= Detachment; H= Humiliation; S= Sexual; C = Coercion; P = Physical; G = Gender-based; E = Emotional punishment; I= Instrumental. Translated and adapted from original “Validation of the Dating Violence Questionnaire, DVQ (Cuestionario de Violencia entre Novios, CUVINO).

Note: Numbers refer to original DVQ 42-item set (López-Cepero et al., 2016).