Development, Validation, and Examination of Psychometric Characteristics of the Obstetric Violence Scale for Pregnant Women

Küçük E., Çalık K., Erkaya R., Kanbay Y.

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, 2025 (SSCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Basım Tarihi: 2025
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1177/10778012251329368
  • Dergi Adı: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, CINAHL, Criminal Justice Abstracts, Gender Studies Database, Index Islamicus, MEDLINE, Psycinfo, Social services abstracts, Sociological abstracts, Violence & Abuse Abstracts
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study's objectives are to develop and validate a scale to assess obstetric violence (OV) experienced by women during pregnancy in Turkey. The scale consists of 18 items and three subdimensions: "Supportive Care and Information Support," "Achieving Professional Standards of Care and Effective Communication," and "Health Promotion." The scale explained 61% of the total variance. All goodness-of-fit indices indicated an acceptable fit between the model and the sample data. The overall Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient was 0.91. The scale ranges from 0 to 72, with higher scores indicating more experience of OV.