Developing an Attitude Scale Towards Early and Forced Marriages

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 35 Sayı: 6, 1113 - 1126, 31.12.2025

Fatma Başaran , Pınar Duru , Özlem Örsal

https://doi.org/10.54005/geneltip.1654745

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Background/Aims: False beliefs that early marriages are common, not being seen as a crime, penalizing only in case of complaints, and the attitude towards these marriages are seen as obstacles to preventing early and forced marriages. To develop a valid and reliable scale to determine society's attitude towards early and forced marriages.
Methods: The study's data, designed in a methodological design, were collected from a total of 459 participants aged 18 and over throughout Türkiye. Within the framework of Broken Windows Theory, Theory of Change, Radical Feminist Theory, and Meleis' Transition Theory, the draft scale was composed of 33 items under 4 sub-dimensions. The criterion validity of the scale was tested using the "Attitude Scale Towards Girl Child Marriages."
Results: The final scale consists of 5 sub-dimensions named “Awareness”, “Paternal hierarchy,” “Official control mechanism,” “Social control mechanism,” “Trigger disorder antecedents,” and 21 items. The Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient of the scale is .89.
Conclusion: The Attitude towards Early and Forced Marriages scale is a valid and reliable scale that can determine society's attitudes towards early and forced marriages.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Early marriage , Attitude , Scale development , Validity , Reliability

Erken Yaşta ve Zorla Gerçekleştirilen Evliliklere Yönelik Tutum Ölçeği Geliştirilmesi

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Giriş: Erken evliliklerin yaygın olduğuna yönelik yanlış inançlar, suç olarak görülmemesi ve yalnızca şikâyet durumunda cezai işlem uygulanması ile bu evliliklere yönelik tutum erken yaşta ve zorla gerçekleştirilen evliliklerin önlenmesinin önündeki engel olarak görülmektedir. Erken yaşta ve zorla gerçekleştirilen evliliklere yönelik toplumun tutumunun belirlenmesinde geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçek geliştirmektir.
Gereçler ve Yöntem: Metadolojik tasarımda desenlenen çalışmanın verileri Türkiye genelinde 18 yaş ve üstünde olan toplam 459 katılımcıdan toplanmıştır. Kırık Camlar Teorisi, Radikal Feminizm Kuramı ve Meleis'in Geçiş Kuramı çerçevesinde taslak ölçek 4 alt boyut altında 33 maddeden oluşturulmuştur. Ölçeğin kriter geçerliliği “Kız Çocuk Evliliklerine Yönelik Tutum Ölçeği” kullanılarak sınanmıştır.
Bulgular: Nihai ölçek, “Farkındalık”, “Ataerkil hiyerarşi”, “Resmi kontrol mekanizması”, “Sosyal kontrol mekanizması”, “Tetikleyici düzensizlik öncülleri” olarak isimlendirilen 5 alt boyut ve 21 maddeden oluşmaktadır. Ölçeğin Cronbach Alpha güvenilirlik katsayısı .89’dur.
Sonuç: Geliştirilen bu ölçek toplumun erken yaşta ve zorla gerçekleştirilen evliliklere yönelik tutumlarını belirlemede kullanılabilecek geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçüm aracıdır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Erken evlilik , Tutum , Ölçek geliştirme , Geçerlilik , Güvenilirlik

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