TY  - JOUR
T1  - Are We Loyal to Ourselves? Development of the Self-Loyalty Scale
TT  - Kendimize Sadık mıyız? Öz Sadakat Ölçeğinin Geliştirilmesi
AU  - Erdinç, Beste
AU  - Akyıl, Yusuf
PY  - 2025
DA  - November
Y2  - 2025
DO  - 10.12984/egeefd.1670488
JF  - Ege Eğitim Dergisi
PB  - Ege University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 1307-4474
SP  - 301
EP  - 319
VL  - 26
IS  - 3
LA  - en
AB  - Being loyal to oneself improves mental health. Betrayal and self-betrayal can harm mental health. This study aims to develop a valid and reliable Self-Loyalty Scale for Turkish adults and proposes a hypothetical model. The current research has been conducted in three studies. Item response analysis revealed that the scale items were highly discriminative in Study I (N = 258). Various reliability analyses (McDonald's ω, Cronbach's α, Guttman's λ6) showed the Self-Loyalty Scale's reliability. In Study II (N = 419), correlation and network analysis revealed substantial associations with depression, anxiety, stress, and life satisfaction. Additionally, all of the Big Five personality traits were linked to self-loyalty. Study III (N = 457) found that mindfulness and resilience serially mediated self-loyalty and mental well-being. So, self-loyalty predicts mental health directly and indirectly through mindfulness and resilience. According to this view, self-loyal people are more conscious of their environment and can handle problems more readily, leading to increased well-being. This pioneering and comprehensive study on self-loyalty highlights the concept's importance in terms of mental health.
KW  - Self-Loyalty
KW  - Mindfulness
KW  - Resilience
KW  - Mental Well-Being
KW  - Scale Development
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