Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
25. Uluslararası Psikolojik Danışma ve Rehberlik Kongresi, Ankara, Türkiye, 16 - 19 Mayıs 2024, (Özet Bildiri)
In the 19th and 20th centuries, as a result of increasing women's movements and developments
in civil law, old-fashioned sexism was replaced by women's micro-aggression, which is more
challenging to recognize and has a more implicit structure. Although there are different tools in
international literature measuring women's microaggression experiences, none are in Turkey.
In this respect, this study aims to develop the Female Microaggressions Scale and to examine
its validity and reliability. The research consists of two parts: In the first study, exploratory
factor analysis was conducted on the developed measurement tool, and in the second study,
confirmatory factor analysis was conducted. Data were collected face-to-face and online
between December 2023 and March 2024. Personal Information Form and Female
Microaggressions Scale were used as data collection tools. Data were collected from 490 adult
women in the first study and 328 adult women in the second. Exploratory factor analysis yielded
a structure consisting of 32 items and six factors. The factors were named "Sexual
Objectification and Sexist Language", "Assumption of Inferiority and Invisibility", "Denial of
Sexism", "Environmental Invalidations", "Assumption of Success" and "Gender Roles". All
factors explained %62.1 of the total variance. In addition, confirmatory factor analyses in the
second study revealed that the scale had adequate fit values (χ2/df = 2.42, GFI = .81, TLI = .89,
CFI = .90, RMSEA = .066). Within the scope of the reliability studies, the test-retest score was
found to be .92 due to the implementation conducted on a group of forty people with a twoweek
interval. Cronbach Alpha internal consistency coefficient was found to be .93 for the
Sexual Objectification and Sexist Language dimension, .91 for the Assumption of Inferiority
and Invisibility dimension, .88 for the Denial of Sexism dimension, .81 for the Environmental
Invalidations dimension, .80 for the Assumption of Success dimension; .79 for Gender Roles
dimension and .96 for the whole measurement tool. The difference between the item scores of
the lower and upper 27% groups was significant for all items (p < .001). In line with these
results, the Female Microaggressions Scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool.