Brief Report: Turkish Validity and Reliability of the HITS Intimate Partner Violence Screening Tool With Women

Atabay G., NAS M. A., KAŞALİ K., KOŞAN Z., ÇAYIR Y.

VIOLENCE AND VICTIMS, cilt.36, sa.5, ss.667-680, 2021 (SSCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 36 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1891/vv-d-19-00147
  • Dergi Adı: VIOLENCE AND VICTIMS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, ATLA Religion Database, CINAHL, Criminal Justice Abstracts, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Political Science Complete, Psycinfo, Social services abstracts, Sociological abstracts, Violence & Abuse Abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.667-680
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: intimate partner violence, domestic violence, validity and reliability, HITS, Turkish, CONFIRMATORY FACTOR-ANALYSIS, OF-FIT INDEXES, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, HEALTH, VALIDATION, ABUSE
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The current study examined the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the HITS (Hurt-Insult-Threaten-Scream) tool which was developed to screen for intimate partner violence. 154 Turkish women participated and completed the Turkish version of the HITS (HITS-TR). The validity of the language and factor structure were evaluated. The internal consistency coefficient of the scale was.89. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), revealed a single factor structure consisting of four items that explained 76% of the total variance. A CFA was performed with a modified model upon a second sample indicating high compatibility for the revised model with chi(2)/df = 1.262, a root mean square error of approximation.036, goodness of fit index of.996, adjusted goodness of fit index.998, root mean square residual of.006 and standardized root mean square residual of.008. It is concluded that the HITS-TR can be used as a valid and reliable screening tool for intimate partner violence in Turkish women.