SİSİVET ŞİDDET TUTUM ÖLÇEĞİ’NİN GELİŞTİRİLMESİ VE PSİKOMETRİK ÖZELLİKLERİNİN İNCELENMESİ
DEVELOPMENT OF THE VIOLENCE ATTITUDE SCALE AND PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES

Summary/Abstract: In recent years, the increase in incidents of societal violence has intensified the need for valid and reliable measurement instruments capable of systematically assessing individuals’ thoughts, emotions, and behavioral tendencies regarding violence. Therefore, it has been deemed necessary to develop a new scale that can comprehensively evaluate adults’ attitudes toward violence within the Turkish cultural context. The present study aimed to examine the validity and reliability of the SİSİVET Violence Attitude Scale in Turkish culture in order to determine the attitudes of individuals aged 18 and over toward violence. The scale development process included content validity, construct validity, convergent and discriminant validity, reliability analyses, and confirmation of the obtained structure. Data were collected from 634 participants reached via Google Forms (EFA: 322; CFA: 312). The scale is a five-point Likert-type instrument consisting of 16 items and four factors: Authoritarianism, Aggression, Discrimination, and Justification. The total variance explained by the scale is 76%, and the overall Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficient is .96. The total score is obtained by summing the scores of all items, with raw scores ranging between 0 and 64. It is recommended that the raw score be standardized to a 100-point scale in accordance with the scoring guidelines. Higher scores indicate a stronger attitude toward violence.

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