Validity and reliability of the Turkish Version of the Vaginal Penetration Cognition Questionnaire in a sample of women with vaginismus and dyspareunia/Vajinismus ve disparonisi olan bir grup kadinda Vajinal Penetrasyon Bilis Olceginin Turkce surumunun gecerlilik ve guvenilirlik calismasi

Objective: To examine reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Vaginal Penetration Cognition Questionnaire (VPCQ) in a Sample of Women with Vaginismus and Dyspareunia. Methods: A sample of 210 women with female sexual dysfunction (FSD) (70 women with lifelong vaginismus, 70 women with dyspareunia and 70 women without sexual complaints) completed the questionnaire. Factor analyses and validation measures were conducted in both women with and without FSD. Additionally, all participants completed Structured Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) regarding biographic and complaint characteristics. Results: Conduction of factor analyses yielded five subscale regarding cognitions about vaginal penetration: 'control cognitions,' 'positive cognitions,' 'self image cognitions,' 'catastrophic and pain conitions', and 'genital incompatibility cognitions.' Reliability of these five subscales of Turkish version VPCQ ranged from 0.56 to 0.93, and the test-retest correlations were satisfactory. Four subscales were able to detect significant differences between women with and without FSD. Women with lifelong vaginismus showed lower levels of perceived penetration control and genital incompatibility cognitions, when compared with women with dyspareunia. Conclusions: These results suggest that Turkish VPCQ is a reliable and valid brief self-report measure for assessing cognitions regarding vaginal penetration in women with vaginismus or dyspareunia. Key words: Self-report measure, vaginismus, dyspareunia, cognitions, Turkish version, validations, reliability Giris: Kadinda agrili cinsel bozukluklarin etiyolojisinde, aciklayici modellerinde ve tedavisinde bilislerin onemi vurgulanmis olmakla birlikte, vajinal penetrasyon ile ilgili bilisleri degerlendirmek icin bir arac yoktur. Amac: Bu calismanin amaci, vajinismus ve disparonisi olan kadinlarda Vajinal Penetrasyon Bilis Olceginin (VPBO) Turkce surumunun gecerlilik ve guvenilirlik verilerinin elde edilmesidir. VPBO, ozellikle vajinismus ve disparonisi olan kadinlardaki bilisleri degerlendirmek amaciyla gelistirilmistir. Yontem: Olcegi toplam sayisi 210 olan disparonisi, yasamboyu vajinismusu ve cinsel sorunu olmayan 70'er kisilik uc grup kadin doldurdu. Ek olarak, butun kadinlar Yapilandirilmis Bilgi Formunu (YBF) doldurdu. Faktor analizleri ve gecerlilik olcumleri cinsel islev bozuklugu olan ve olmayan iki gruba da uygulandi. Bulgular: Faktor analizi sonucunda vajinal penetrasyonla iliskili bilisleri gosteren bes alt