Validity and reliability study of the turkish adaptation of sexual sadism, sexual masochism and fethisim scales

With this work, it was aimed to provide the opportunity for experts to carry out the validity and reliability studies of Sexual Sadism, Sexual Masochism and Fetishism Scales developed by Freund in 1982, and at the same time to provide an opportunity for further research on this topic. The study was carried out with 330 participants, aged between 21 and 55, with a majority of undergraduates and graduates, 175 middle and high income women and 155 men. The vast majority of work data has been collected online. In order to measure the reliability of the scale, it was applied to 150 people first and Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficients were examined and the substance was deduced accordingly. Subsequently, one-factor factor analysis and validity test were applied to 330 people. In addition to this application, validity study was performed by taking the Sexual Risk Taking Scale, which was filled in with attendance, by looking at the relationship between the scales and the correlation analysis. As a result of all these analyzes, it was determined that the Scales of Sexual Sadism, Sexual Masochism and Fetishism are related to the Sexual Risk Scale as well as to each other in accordance with the literature. At the same time, all three scales were reliable on their own. Finally, by t test and correlation analyzes, the differences between demographic information and sexual sadism, masochism and fetishism were analyzed. The results are discussed in the discussion section.