Intimate Partner Violence in Turkey: The Turkish Intimate Partner Violence Attitude Scale-Revised

Demirtas E. T., SÜMER Z., Fincham F. D.

JOURNAL OF FAMILY VIOLENCE, cilt.32, sa.3, ss.349-356, 2017 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 32 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s10896-016-9852-9
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF FAMILY VIOLENCE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.349-356
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Attitudes toward psychological and physical aggression, Psychological and physical aggression, Dating college students, Scale adaptation, DATING VIOLENCE, ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS, PHYSICAL AGGRESSION, PREVENTION PROGRAM, AMBIVALENT SEXISM, COLLEGE MEN, PREVALENCE, STUDENTS, ABUSE, PERPETRATION
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study documents psychometrics of the Turkish version of Intimate Partner Violence Attitude Scale-Revised (IPVAS-R; Fincham et al. in Psychological Assessment, 20, 260-269, 2008). Dating college students (n=280) from four universities completed Turkish versions of the IPVAS-R, Multidimensional Measure of Emotional Abuse, Physical Assault of Conflict Tactics Scale - Revised, and Ambivalent Sexism Inventory. Confirmatory factor analysis supported the three factor structure of the IPVAS-R, albeit with an item change from the Abuse to the Control factor, due to the cultural nuances. This factor structure was cross validated with a second independent sample of 205 dating college students. Convergent validity and satisfactory internal consistency were also reported. The IPVAS-R was found to be a psychometrically sound measure to gauge attitudes toward psychological and physical dating aggression among college students outside of North America.