Choi Myunghan, Phillips Linda R, Figueredo Aurelio José, Insel Katheleen, Min Sung-Kil
College of Nursing and Healthcare Innovation, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA.
Nurs Res. 2008 Jan-Feb;57(1):40-50. doi: 10.1097/01.NNR.0000280656.96383.ad.
Domestic violence against married women has persisted throughout Korean history. However, very little empirical research has been conducted in Korea about domestic violence, its causes, or women's responses.
To develop and test psychometrically the Korean Women's Abuse Intolerance Scale (KWAIS) to measure women's propensity or desire to leave abusive husbands in Korea.
The first phase of the investigation involved qualitative research to explore the themes of women's responses to domestic violence and the development of the instrument. The second phase was a preliminary study conducted to examine women's responses to domestic violence. In the third phase, construct validity of the scale was established, using a sample of 184 married women living in Korea.
The KWAIS adequately supported the underlying theory of women's responses to domestic violence, demonstrating strong content validity, high internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha of .98), and criterion-related validity evidenced by significant correlations that supported hypotheses among abuse intolerance and abuse (r = .69), traditional family ideology (r = -.78), marital satisfaction (r = -.85), attitude toward power ascription (r = .63), and collectivism (r = -.88). Factor analysis yielded a four-factor structure, explaining 78.4% of the common variance. Factor loadings ranged from .65 to .93.
The findings for the psychometric properties of the KWAIS established its potential as a research instrument in measuring Korean women's propensity or desire to leave abusive husbands. Future studies need to focus on determining the predictive validity of the KWAIS and evaluating cross-cultural differences in women's propensity or desire to leave abusive husbands.
针对已婚女性的家庭暴力在韩国历史上一直存在。然而，韩国在家庭暴力、其成因或女性应对方式方面的实证研究非常少。
开发并进行心理测量学测试韩国女性虐待容忍量表（KWAIS），以测量韩国女性离开虐待她们的丈夫的倾向或意愿。
调查的第一阶段涉及定性研究，以探索女性对家庭暴力的应对主题以及该工具的开发。第二阶段是一项初步研究，以检查女性对家庭暴力的应对方式。在第三阶段，使用184名居住在韩国的已婚女性样本建立了该量表的结构效度。
KWAIS充分支持了女性对家庭暴力应对的基础理论，显示出很强的内容效度、高内部一致性（克朗巴哈系数为0.98），以及通过显著相关性证明的与标准相关的效度，这些相关性支持了虐待容忍与虐待（r = 0.69）、传统家庭观念（r = -0.78）、婚姻满意度（r = -0.85）、权力归因态度（r = 0.63）和集体主义（r = -0.88）之间的假设。因子分析产生了一个四因素结构，解释了78.4%的共同方差。因子载荷范围从0.65到0.93。
KWAIS心理测量特性的研究结果确立了其作为测量韩国女性离开虐待她们的丈夫的倾向或意愿的研究工具的潜力。未来的研究需要专注于确定KWAIS的预测效度，并评估女性离开虐待她们的丈夫的倾向或意愿的跨文化差异。
