Adult Temperament Questionnaire: Validity and Reliability Studies

Abstract

To the best of our knowledge, there is not any questionnaire in Turkish measuring adult temperament that could be used both with the community and clinical samples. Thus, the purpose of the study was to translate The Adult Temperament Questionnaire-Short Form, which has already been translated into several languages, to Turkish and to examine the reliability and validity of the Turkish version. The questionnaire was distributed to 462 university students and adults from different socioeconomic statuses and professions in Ankara. The age of participants ranged from 18 to 65 years (M=22.97). 274 (%59.3) of them were females, 188 (%40.7) of them were males. Exploratory factor analysis was performed to examine construct validity, and also internal consistency reliabilities were calculated. Five factors, namely impulsive negative affect (α = .77), sensory sensitive negative affect (α = .80), extraversion (α =.75), effortful control (α =.75), and sensitivity (α =.83) were extracted after exploratory factor analysis. Impulsive negative affect includes frustration and inhibitory control; sensory sensitive negative affect includes discomfort and high-intensity pleasure; extraversion includes positive affect and sociability; effortful control includes attentional control and activation control; and sensitivity includes general perceptual sensitivity, associative perceptual sensitivity, affective perceptual sensitivity, and sadness. Internal consistency coefficients ranged from .60 to .79. The correlations between the factors of temperament scale and personality traits were significant. The current findings suggested that The Adult Temperament Questionnaire-Turkish version had acceptable levels of reliability and validity. Thus, this scale can be used with Turkish samples.

Keywords

• temperament
• reliability
• validity

Yetişkin Mizaç Ölçeği: Geçerlik ve Güvenirlik Çalışmaları

Abstract

Alan yazına bakıldığında yetişkin mizacını klinik örneklemin yanı sıra toplum örnekleminde de değerlendiren bir ölçeğin Türkçe adaptasyonunun bulunmadığı görülmüştür. Bu çalışmanın amacı, birçok farklı dile çevrilen Yetişkin Mizaç Ölçeği-Kısa Formunun (Adult Temperament Questionnaire-Short Form) Türkçe’ye uyarlamasını yaparak, güvenirliğini ve geçerliğini incelemektir. Ölçek Ankara’da yaşayan öğrenciler ve farklı sosyoekonomik düzey ve meslek gruplarından oluşan kişiler olmak üzere 462 kişiye uygulanmıştır. Örneklemi oluşturanların yaşları 18 ile 65 arasında değişmektedir (Ort= 22.97). Örneklemin 274’ü kadın (%59.3), 188’i erkektir (%40.7). Ölçeğin yapı geçerliğini ölçmek için açımlayıcı faktör analizi, güvenirliğini incelemek için iç tutarlığına bakılmıştır. Faktör analizi sonunda dürtüsel negatif duygulanım (α = .77), duyusal duyarlı negatif duygulanım (α = .80), dışadönüklük (α = .75), çaba gerektiren kontrol (α = .75) ve duyarlılık (α = .83) olmak üzere 5 faktör bulunmuştur. Dürtüsel negatif duygulanım boyutu, tepkisellik ve ketleyici kontrol alt boyutlarından; duyusal duyarlı negatif duygulanım boyutu, rahatsız olma ve keyif alma alt boyutlarından; dışadönüklük boyutu pozitif duygulanım ve sosyallik alt boyutlarından; çaba gerektiren kontrol boyutu, dikkat kontrolü ve aktivasyon kontrolü alt boyutlarından ve duyarlılık boyutu, genel algısal hassasiyet, çağrışımlı hassasiyet, duygusal algısal hassasiyet, ve üzüntüye duyarlılık alt boyutlarından oluşmaktadır. Alt boyutların iç tutarlılık katsayıları ise .60 ile .79 arasında değişmektedir. Mizacın alt boyutları ile kavramsal olarak eşdeğer olan kişilik alt boyutları arasındaki korelasyonlar anlamlıdır. Bulgular, Türkçeye uyarlanan Yetişkin Mizaç Ölçeği’nin psikometrik olarak kabul edilebilir düzeylerde güvenilir ve geçerli olduğunu göstermiştir.

Keywords

• mizaç
• güvenirlik
• geçerlik

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