Abstract:

The purpose of the study is to examine validity and reliability second short form of the Perception of Psychological Maltreatment Inventory for Adolescents (POPMIFA) which was developed to measure perceived emotional abuse from parents. First short form study has been made by Erkman and Görkem (2012). In this context, POPMIFA short forms and Personal Information Form have been applied 1249 in mother form and 1234 in father form of adolescents who study in high school. Participants in mother form are 712 female and 537 male and in father form are 702 female and 530 male students. The age range of participants is between 15 to 19 and the mean age of 16. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis was used to evaluate the construct validity of the scale. Internal consistency coefficients were measured by Cronbach Alpha. Results of the study indicated that the scale composed of 5 factors and 32 items which meet the criteria .40. The exploratory factor analysis results showed that there were five factors explaining 54.6% of the total variance in the father form and 56.34% in the mother form. Also this structure was examined by confirmatory factor analysis. The confirmatory factor analysis results showed that the scale have good fit index. The internal consistency coefficients of the scales were .88 in the mother form and .92 in the father form. Also the results showed that internal consistency coefficients of the subscales as estimated by Cronbach Alpha were satisfactory. According to the findings the Perception of Psychological Maltreatment Inventory for Adolescents which was developed to measure perceived emotional abuse from parents can be named as a valid and reliable instrument that could be used.

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