IVISEM, una medida de la violencia social encubierta hacia las mujeres

Abstract

The main aim of this research has been to design and validate the Inventory of Covert Social Violence against Women (IVISEM). The inventory evaluates seven dimensions related to gender roles that woman assumes as something normalized and that somehow subject her to the masculine figure, producing a form of victimization, socially accepted, that we have called Covert Social Violence against them. The construction and validation of the inventory was carried out in three stages: (1) elaboration and review of 155 items by experts; (2) a first version with 81 items applied to a sample of 2,168 people and (3) a final version of 35 items administered to 4,400 women. The inventory showed adequate reliability and the adjustment of its structure was checked through a Confirmatory Factor Analysis. The relationship with other variables that measure similar constructs allows us to conclude that the IVISEM is an adequate instrument for the detection of different forms of discrimination and violence against women.