Psychological Maltreatment of Women Inventory Short Form - Turkish adaptation

Abstract

Objective: This study aims to adapt a short form ofPsychological Maltreatment of Women Inventory(Tolman 1989) to Turkish and to examine the psychometric properties of the Turkish short form. Method:Participants were 852 women between the ages of 2355 (32.12±10.97 years), who were either married (48%)or in a romantic relationship (47%) during data collection. The questionnaire was comprised of PsychologicalMaltreatment of Women Inventory (PMWI), SubmissiveActs Scale (SAS) and demographic information form.Principal Components Analysis was used for confirmatory construct validity, and Pearson correlation coefficients between SAS and PMWI total scores were calculated for discriminatory validity. Cronbach-Alpha internalconsistency coefficients and split-half reliability weremeasured to establish internal consistency. Results: Thethree-factor (Restriction/Blaming/Threat; EmotionalVerbal Violence; Responsibility) structure explained64.3% of variance. Internal consistency coefficient(Cronbach-Alpha) was found to be .93; split half reliability was found to be .90 and .87 for the first and secondhalves, respectively, and the correlation between the twohalves were found to be .71. Conclusion: The Turkishshort form of Psychological Maltreatment of WomenInventory is a valid and reliable tool to measure psychological maltreatment experienced by married women, orwomen in romantic relationships.

Özet

Amaç: Bu çal??man?n amac? Kad?na Psikolojik EziyetEnvanteri'nin (Tolman 1989) k?sa formunun Türkçeyeuyarlanmas?d?r. Çal??mada ölçe?in Türkçe k?sa formununpsikometrik özelliklerinin ara?t?r?lmas? amaçlanm??t?r.Yöntem: Çal??maya ya?lar? 23-55 aras?nda de?i?en(32.12±10.97 y?l) ve uygulama esnas?nda evli (%48) yada romantik ili?kisi olan (%47) toplam 852 kad?nkat?lm??t?r. Çal??mada kullan?lan de?erlendirme araçlar?Kad?na Psikolojik Eziyet Envanteri (KPEE), Boyun E?iciDavran??lar Ölçe?i (BEDÖ) ve demografik bilgi formundan olu?maktad?r. Do?rulay?c? yap? geçerlili?i için TemelBile?enler Analizi yap?lm??, ay?rt edici geçerlili?i hesaplamak için de BEDÖ ölçek toplam puan? ile KPEE aras?ndaPearson Ba??nt? Katsay?lar?na bak?lm??t?r. ?ç tutarl?l?k içinCronbach alfa iç tutarl?k katsay?lar?, iki yar?m testgüvenirli?i hesaplanm??t?r. Bulgular: Üç faktörlü yap?(K?s?tlama/Suçlama/Tehdit; Duygusal-Sözel ?iddet;Sorumluluk) varyans?n %64,3'ünü aç?klam??t?r. Tümölçe?in iç tutarl?l?k katsay?s? (Cronbach alfa) ,93; iki yar?mtest güvenirlikleri, birinci ve ikinci yar? için s?ras?yla ,90 ve,87; iki yar? aras? ba??nt? düzeyi de ,71 olarak bulunmu?tur. Sonuç: Kad?na Psikolojik Eziyet Envanteri Türkçe K?saFormu evli ya da romantik ili?kisi olan kad?nlar?n ya?ad?klar? psikolojik eziyeti ölçmek için kullan?labilecek geçerlive güvenilir bir araçt?r