Developing a Scale for Self-Sufficiency Process of the Female Victims of Prostitution

성매매피해여성의 자활 과정 척도 개발

  • Received : 2009.09.02
  • Accepted : 2009.09.29
  • Published : 2010.02.28

Abstract

Self-sufficiency of the female victims of prostitution has been understood as a 'result' at a particular moment focusing on an economic self-sufficiency. Overcoming such limitation, this study originates from a problem posing that evaluating self-sufficiency of the female victims of prostitution should be approached as a series of 'processes' in which experiences of the victims are integrated. The methodology of the study included a questionnaire survey with questions designed based on the self-sufficiency experiences which were analyzed through an in-depth interview with 34 female victims of prostitution. The questionnaire survey was conducted with 243 female victims of prostitution, and construct validity and reliability were verified. As a result of an exploratory factor analysis, a validity of scale in four factors and 24 questions was verified. A reliability of each factor was high ranging from .823 to .871. It could be achieved to make a relatively invisible process of self-sufficiency visible by developing the scale. Subsequently it complements the existing concept of self-sufficiency and overcomes limitations of measuring its results, hence reflecting the reality of the self-sufficiency practices.

본 연구는 기존의 자활 관점이 경제적 자활에 초점 맞추어져 특정시점의 '결과'로서 이해되어왔다는 한계점을 인식하고, 성매매피해여성의 자활성과를 측정함에 있어, 당사자의 경험이 내포되는 일련의 '과정'으로 이해되어야 한다는 문제제기로부터 출발한다. 이를 위해, 성매매피해여성 34명의 심층인터뷰를 통해 분석된 자활경험에 기반하여 자활 과정 척도문항을 구성하였고, 성매매피해여성 243명의 설문조사를 통해 척도의 구성타당도와 신뢰도를 검증하였다. 탐색적 요인분석 결과 4개 요인, 24문항의 척도 타당도가 검증되었으며, 각 요인의 신뢰도는 .823에서 .871로 높았다. 더불어, 척도 영역별 점수분포 양상의 검토와 함께 자활과정 척도의 측정방법을 제시하였다. 이처럼 비가시적인 자활의 과정을 가시화시키는 척도개발을 통해 기존 자활개념과 성과측정의 한계를 보완하고, 자활 현장의 현실성을 보다 반영할 수 있다.

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