The Conflict Tactic Scales (CTS) Husband or Wife Form A

 

The instrument consists of 14 questions to be answered by the husband, with 3 subscales:

(1) reasoning

(2) verbal aggression

(3) violence

Response	Points
never	0
once that year	1
two or three times	2
often, but less than once a month	3
about once a month	4
more than once a month	5

 

reasoning subscale =

= SUM(points for statements 1 to 4)

 

verbal aggression subscale =

= SUM(points for statements 5 to 9)

 

violence subscale =

= SUM(points for statements 10 to 14)

 

Interpretation:

• minimum subscale value: 0

• maximum reasoning subscale: 20

• maximum verbal aggression subscale: 25

• maximum violence subscale: 25

 

Each subscale can be converted to a percentage:

 

subscale percentage =

= (subscale value) / (maximum subscale value) * 100%