Validity and Reliability Study of the Dating Violence Experiences Scale

Abstract

In this study, the aim was to develop the Dating Violence Experiences Scale (DVES) to identify the instances of violence experienced by adults with past or current dating relationship experiences. The research group consisted of unmarried individuals aged 18 and above, with 465 participants for Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), 467 for Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), and 122 for criterion-related validity. The EFA results used for validity examinations revealed that the developed scale had a structure consisting of 51 items with six sub-dimensions, explaining 69.45% of the total variance. These sub-dimensions were Psychological Dating Violence (PDV), Physical Dating Violence (PhDV), Sexual Dating Violence (SDV), Economic Dating Violence (EDV), Digital Dating Violence (DDV), and Stalking/Persistent Tracking (S). The CFA results indicated that the fit indices obtained (χ2/df=3.86; SRMR=0.080; CFI=0.89; IFI=0.89; NFI=0.86; RFI=0.85, and RMSEA=0.078) were within the accepted reference range, confirming the factor structure obtained through EFA. The reliability examinations resulted in alpha internal consistency coefficients of .97 for PhDV sub-scale, .89 for PDV, .93 for SDV, .91 for EDV, .92 for DDV, and .87 for S. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the entire scale was .95. The results obtained demonstrate that DVES is a valid and reliable measurement tool for determining dating violence experiences in unmarried adults.

Keywords

• Dating
• Dating violence
• Scale development

Flört Şiddeti Yaşantıları Ölçeği Geçerlik ve Güvenirlik Çalışması

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, geçmişte ya da şu anda flört ilişkisi deneyimi olan yetişkinlerin, ilişkilerinde maruz kaldıkları şiddet durumlarını belirlemeye yönelik Flört Şiddeti Yaşantıları Ölçeği’nin (FŞYÖ) geliştirilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Araştırma grubu 18 yaş üstü bekâr bireylerden oluşmakta olup Açımlayıcı Faktör Analizi (AFA) için 465, Doğrulayıcı Faktör Analizi (DFA) için 467, ölçüt bağıntılı geçerlik için 122 katılımcı ile çalışılmıştır. Geçerlik incelemeleri kapsamında kullanılan AFA sonuçları, geliştirilen ölçeğin 51 maddeden oluşan 6 alt boyutlu bir yapıya sahip olduğunu ve bu yapının toplam varyansın %69,45’ni açıkladığını göstermiştir. Bu alt boyutlar Psikolojik Flört Şiddeti (PFŞ), Fiziksel Flört Şiddeti (FFŞ), Cinsel Flört Şiddeti (CFŞ) Ekonomik Flört Şiddeti (EFŞ), Dijital Flört Şiddeti (DFŞ) ve Stalking-Israrlı Takip’tir (S). DFA sonucunda ise elde edilen uyum indekslerinin (χ2/sd=3,86; SRMR=0,080; CFI=0,89; IFI=0,89; NFI=0,86; RFI=0,85 ve RMSEA=0,078) kabul edilen referans değerler aralığında olduğu saptanmış ve AFA ile elde edilen faktör yapısının doğrulandığı görülmüştür. Güvenirlik incelemeleri sonucunda elde edilen alfa iç tutarlık katsayıları ise; FFŞ alt ölçeği için .97, PFŞ için .89, CFŞ için .93, EFŞ için .91, DFŞ için .92, S için ise .87’dir. Ölçeğin bütünü için tabakalı alfa katsayısı ise .95’tir. Elde edilen sonuçlar FŞYÖ’nün bekâr yetişkinlerde flört şiddeti deneyimlerini belirlemede kullanılabilecek geçerli ve güvenilir düzeyde bir ölçüm aracı olduğunu göstermektedir.

Keywords

• Flört
• Flört şiddeti
• Ölçek geliştirme

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