ADAPTATION STUDY OF THE WORKPLACE PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE SCALE

Abstract

This study aims to adapt the Workplace Psychological Resilience Scale into Turkish and to examine its validity and reliability. In this context, the study was conducted with a sample of 207 participants, 55% of whom were women and 45% men, working in various fields in the public and private sectors. To ensure linguistic equivalence, feedback was obtained from six academics specializing in both psychology and language.Validity and reliability analyses were conducted after the adaptation process. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to test the scale’s seven-factor structurewhich includes living authentically, finding one’s calling, maintaining perspective, managing stress, interacting cooperatively, staying healthy and building networks. The fit indices obtained from the analysis confirm that the seven-factor structure of the scale was preserved in the Turkish sample (χ 2 /sd=2,40, RMSEA=0,08, SRMR=0,08, CFI=0,96, GFI=0,80 and AGFI=0,72). The analysis conducted for the reliability of the scale, the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was calculated as 0,89, indicating high internal consistency. The results demonstrate that the Workplace Psychological Resilience Scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool for assessing psychological resilience levels among employees in the Turkish workplace context.

Keywords

• Resilience
• Workplace
• Scale adaptation
• Validity
• Reliability.

İŞ YERİNDE PSİKOLOJİK DAYANIKLILIK ÖLÇEĞİ UYARLAMA ÇALIŞMASI

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı İş Yerinde Psikolojik Dayanıklılık Ölçeği’nin Türkçe’ye uyarlamasını yapmak, geçerlik ve güvenirliğini incelemektir. Bu kapsamda kamu ve özel sektörde çeşitli alanlarda çalışan % 55’i kadın, % 45’i ise erkek olmak üzere 207 kişi üzerinde uygulama yapılmıştır. Dilsel eşdeğerliği sağlamak için hem psikoloji hem de dil alanında uzman toplam altı akademisyenden görüş alınmıştır. Yapılan çalışmalardan sonra geçerlik ve güvenirlik analizleri yapılmıştır. Ölçeğin yedi faktörlü yapısını sınamak için doğrulayıcı faktör analizi kullanılmıştır. Bu faktörler, otantik yaşamak, aradığını bulmak, perspektifi korumak, stresle başa çıkmak, işbirliği içinde etkileşim, sağlıklı kalmak ve ağ oluşturmaktır. Analiz sonrası elde edilen uyum indeksleri ölçeğin yedi boyutlu yapısının Türkiye örnekleminde de korunduğunu doğrulamaktadır (χ 2 /sd=2,40, RMSEA=0,08, SRMR=0,08, CFI=0,96, GFI=0,80 ve AGFI=0,72). Ölçeğin güvenirlik çalışması için yapılan analiz sonucunda Cronbach alfa değeri 0,89 olarak bulunmuştur. Araştırma sonucunda İş Yerinde Psikolojik Dayanıklılık Ölçeği’nin, iş yerinde çalışanların psikolojik dayanıklılık düzeyini değerlendirmede geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçme aracı olduğu belirlenmiştir.

Keywords

• Psikolojik dayanıklılık
• İşyeri
• Ölçek uyarlama
• Geçerlik
• Güvenirlik

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