The conflict tactics scale (CTS), created by Murray A. Straus in 1979, is the "most widely used research method for identifying intimate partner violence." There are two versions of the CTS, the CTS2 and CTSPC. As of 2005, the CTS has been used in about 600 peer reviewed scientific or scholarly papers, including longitudinal birth-cohort studies. The CTS is one of the most widely criticized measures for its exclusion of context variables, severity, and motivational factors in understanding acts of violence. The National Institute of Justice, for example, cautions that the CTS may not be appropriate for intimate partner violence (IPV) research because it does not measure many aspects of IPV.
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