Attitude Scale Towards Genital Aesthetic Surgery: Scale Development, Psychometric Testing and Methodological Study
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: ABS TRACT Objective:The aim of this study is to develop an Attitude Scale Towards Genital Aesthetic Surgery and to evaluate its psychometric properties.Material and Methods: The methodological study was conducted between April and July 2024 with 673 women.Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were used in the analyses, which were performed using AMOS 21.0 and SPSS 21.0 software.In this study, the Attitude Scale Towards Genital Aesthetic Surgery was developed.Results: The mean age of the participants was 28.01±9.06;44.7% had a bachelor's degree, 65.1% were unemployed, 67.2% spent most of their lives in the city, 84.1% had a nuclear family, and 82% had an income equal to their expenses.Based on expert feedback, 21 items were eliminated (due to redundancy, CVI <0.78, content ambiguity, and failure to measure attitude), leaving 40 items.Subsequent psychometric analyses showed that the scale consisted of 21 items and four dimensions, accounting for 64.165% of the total variance.In EFA, factor loadings were determined as 0.458-0.835,0.681-0.855,0.472-0.878,and 0.682-0.704,respectively.The fit indices of CFA showed the following values: χ²=390.550,p<0.001,CMIN/DF=2.158,RMSEA= 0.059, GFI=0.904,CFI=0.951,IFI=0.951.Cronbach's Alpha internal consistency for the subscales and total scale was calculated as 0.897, 0.850, 0.829, 0.821, and 0.918, respectively.Conclusion: The Attitude Scale Towards Genital Aesthetic Surgery is a valid and reliable tool for assessing women's attitudes towards genital aesthetic surgery.The scale can contribute to identifying factors that influence perceptions of genital aesthetics and to developing preventive, educational, and counseling-based interventions in this field.
Authors: Esra ÇEVİK, Sevil ÇİÇEK ÖZDEMİR
Institution: Balıkesir University
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W7204277771