Küçük, EbruYeşilçiçek Çalık, KıymetErkaya, ReyhanKanbay, Yalçın2025-06-162025-06-16202510778012https://hdl.handle.net/11494/5514This study's objectives are to develop and validate a scale to assess obstetric violence (OV) experienced by women during pregnancy in Turkey. The scale consists of 18 items and three subdimensions: “Supportive Care and Information Support,” “Achieving Professional Standards of Care and Effective Communication,” and “Health Promotion.” The scale explained 61% of the total variance. All goodness-of-fit indices indicated an acceptable fit between the model and the sample data. The overall Cronbach's α reliability coefficient was 0.91. The scale ranges from 0 to 72, with higher scores indicating more experience of OV.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccessExposure to violenceObstetricObstetric violencePregnancyWomenDevelopment, validation, and examination of psychometric characteristics of the obstetric violence scale for pregnant womenArticle10.1177/107780122513293682-s2.0-10500204049440151096Q1WOS:001454754200001Q1