Perception of Violence Against Women Scale

In this study, the aim was to develop a scale to reveal perceptions regarding violence against women. First, a literature review was conducted and an item pool consisting of 30 items was generated. To ensure content validity, the suggestions of 10 experts in educational sciences were obtained. In line with the experts’ suggestions, two items were removed from the draft form, and the final version of the 5-point Likert-type scale was created. This scale form was administered online to university students studying at Necmettin Erbakan University, Ahmet Keleşoğlu Faculty of Education in Konya. A survey design was employed in the study. A total of 240 students were included for the exploratory factor analysis, and 236 students were included for the confirmatory factor analysis. According to the factor analysis results, the scale’s KMO value and Bartlett’s test indicated that the sample size was at an adequate level. It was determined through factor analysis that six items had insufficient factor loadings, and that the 24-item scale formed a single-factor structure. The total explained variance of the developed scale is 46.01%, and the factor loadings range between .60 and .82. In the second phase of the study, this factor structure was tested through confirmatory factor analysis. According to the Confirmatory Factor Analysis, the structure revealed in the EFA (χ²/df = 3.07) was confirmed. The reliability data of the scale were examined separately during both the EFA and CFA processes, and were found to be adequate. For the EFA study group, the Cronbach’s Alpha value was .93 and the McDonald’s Omega (ω) value was .96. The item–total correlations ranged from .50 to .75. For the CFA group, the Cronbach’s Alpha value was .93 and the McDonald’s Omega (ω) value was .94. The item–total correlations ranged between .49 and .77. As a result of the study, it can be stated that the 24-item, single-factor scale has adequate validity and reliability. The scale was found to have a factor structure suitable for measuring students’ perceptions of violence against women, and in this form, it is considered that the scale can contribute to researchers and the existing literature.