Table 2: Comparison of the mean scores the participants obtained from the Attitudes towards Violence against Women Scale and its subscales.
Attitudes towards Violence against Women Scale and its subscales | Participants residing in İzmir (Western) X ± SD |
Participants residing in Erzurum (Eastern) X ± SD |
Test and significance |
Economic Violence Subscale | 27.04 ± 6.17 | 25.60 ± 5.37 |
t = 2.130 P = 0.03 |
Emotional-Sexual Violence Subscale | 22.37 ± 5.06 | 22.38 ± 4.25 | t = 0.020 P = 0.98 |
Legitimizing Myths Subscale | 12.10 ± 2.49 | 11.47 ± 2.36 | t = 2.222 P = 0.02 |
Descriptive Myths Subscale | 10.86 ± 2.62 | 10.68 ± 2.37 |
t = 0.630 P = 0.52 |
Attitudes Towards Violence Against Women Scale Total | 72.40 ± 12.07 | 70.15 ± 10.23 |
t = 1.711 P = 0.08 |