From: Development of a scale for determining violence against infertile women: a scale development study
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My partner threatens me with divorce because I am childless. | 0.82 | ||||
My partner abstains from kissing and touching me because I am childless. | 0.80 | ||||
My family abstains from giving me property rights because my disability hinders the reproduction of my family. | 0.77 | ||||
My partner thinks on getting married to a fertile woman since I can’t have children. | 0.76 | ||||
My partner abstains from having sex with me because I am childless. | 0.75 | ||||
I am exposed to kicks, fists, and slaps because I am childless. | 0.70 | ||||
My partner abstains from visiting his family together with me because I am childless. | 0.67 | ||||
My partner does not say words of love to me because I am childless. | 0.58 | ||||
My partner says humiliating words to me concerning my sexual performance because I am childless (incapable, frigid etc.) | 0.58 | ||||
I sometimes get humiliated in front of others because I am childless. | 0.57 | ||||
Despite my unwillingness, I get insisting requests to visit some relatives who have children. | 0.55 | ||||
I am excluded by people around me because I am childless. | 0.77 | ||||
I am not greeted because I am childless. | 0.72 | ||||
I am pointed out as “the childless woman” | 0.66 | ||||
People gossip about my childlessness. | 0.61 | ||||
People around me consider me as disabled and guilty. | 0.53 | ||||
Because of my inability to reproduce, comments concerning my womanhood, which saddens me, are made. | 0.52 | ||||
People around me blame me all the time because I am childless. | 0.50 | ||||
I am exposed to heavy punishment such as tough housework because I am childless. | 0.68 | ||||
Any kind of failure that I have is associated with my disability to bear a child. | 0.66 | ||||
People give me nicknames related to my disability to bear (infertile, castrated, unproductive etc.) | 0.58 | ||||
People sometimes do not invite me to family reunions that include children. | 0.58 | ||||
Despite my unwillingness, my partner insists on having sexual intercourse in order to conceive all the time. | 0.54 | ||||
Even though I am not the reason for the infertility, I am under pressure to tell other people that the disability belongs to me. | 0.52 | ||||
I am exposed to curious questions such as “When will you give a birth?” | 0.78 | ||||
In order not to be exposed to curious questions, I have to tell lies or give evasive answers. | 0.78 | ||||
Despite my unwillingness, I am forced to eat some food which is believed to facilitate conception (honey, hazelnuts, restoratives, ram’s testicles) | 0.70 | ||||
Despite my unwillingness, I am exposed to several traditional practices which are thought facilitate conception (imam prays for a couple in order to break a spell etc.) | 0.54 | ||||
I am compared to fertile women all the time. | 0.66 | ||||
I am held responsible for/being accused of any random misfortune in life because I am childless. | 0.56 | ||||
I am not allowed in decision-making mechanisms in my family. | 0.52 | ||||
The rates of explanations of variants (%) | 23.6 | 15.2 | 13.1 | 12.4 | 7.7 |
Croncbach’s alpha coefficient | 0.94 | 0.89 | 0.91 | 0.81 | 0.80 |