Development and Validation Study of the Korean Genital Image Scale; Focused on Korean Married Women
AUTHORS
Sela Lim,Department of Clinical Psychology, NungIn University, Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Young Il Cho,Department of Psychology, Sungshin University, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, Korea (Corresponding Author)
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study is to develop and validate the genital image scale using 167 open-question questionnaire responded by 170 married women living in Seoul, Busan, Incheon, Daejeon, Jeonju, Gwangju, Mokpo and Jeju. A total of 109 preliminary items were distributed to 410 general women and 200 women who visited the obstetrics clinic. It was revised to 75 items through content validity rating, exploratory factor analysis of the final preliminary questionnaire was conducted. The final 371 participants were analyzed. The Korean version of the Korean Genital Image Scale (K-FGIS) was developed as 37 items. As a result of exploratory factor analysis of the image, the KMO value was .910, which was a general standard of .80 or higher. The reliability α value of the genital image scale was as high as .922. In confirmatory factor analysis, the CFI was .912, the TLI was .901, and the RMSEA was .053. The coefficient of factor was larger than .40 in all items and it was found that a reasonable scale to measure the genital image. In the analysis of convergent validity and criterion validity through correlation analysis with related scales, all of the components and sub-factors of genital image were highly correlated with the Genital Self-image Scale in US (r+.22~.62, p<.01). In Korea, sexual satisfaction, and marital satisfaction scale also showed a significant positive correlation.
KEYWORDS
Genital image, Married women, Sexual satisfaction, Marital satisfaction
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