Adaptation Validity and Reliability Study of the Gaslighting Victim Scale: A Case of Women in Turkish

Authors : Tuğba Bingöl, Serra Şencan

Pages : 107-115

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Publication Date : 2025-06-29

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Gaslighting is when a person deliberately distorts the facts and makes the victim think that he or she is mentally unstable. The gaslighting practitioner continually denies the facts, thus trying to influence the victim. It is estimated that there are women suffering from gaslighting all over the world and it is important to have a measurement tool in this context. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the gaslighting victim scale. The study group consisted of 477 women over the age of 18. For the Turkish adaptation of the scale, linguistic validity, construct validity, reliability and convergent validity were analyzed. As a result of the factor analysis conducted to measure the construct validity of the scale, it was seen that the values obtained as a result of the factor analysis (x2 /sd (CMIN/df) = 2.58, RMSEA = .058, NFI = .931, RFI = .901, CFI = .956, TLI = .937) showed excellent fit or good fit and the two-dimensional structure of the scale was acceptable. There are no reverse scored items in the scale. The Cronbach Alpha internal consistency reliability coefficient of the scale was found to be .88. The data obtained showed that the 14-item Gaslighting Victim Scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool for measuring the gaslighting victimization of adult women in Turkey. It is important to empower women around the world and to reduce the victimization they experience in society. Therefore, it is thought that this study will contribute to the awareness of Turkish women and the studies to be carried out for their development.
Keywords : Psikolojik manipülasyon, manipülasyon, kurban, ölçek uyarlama

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