The Malevolent Creativity Behavior Scale: Turkish Adaptation, Validity and Reliability Study

Year 2024, Issue: 61, 1810 - 1826, 27.09.2024

Gül Akben , Hamit Coşkun , Cantürk Akben

https://doi.org/10.53444/deubefd.1388714

Abstract

The Malevolent Creativity Behavior Scale, developed by Hao et al. (2016), is a scale consisting of three factors: hurting people, lying, and playing tricks, with a total of 13 items. The purpose of the scale is to measure the dark and malevolent side of creativity. The absence of a suitable malevolent creativity scale in Turkish culture is a deficiency, and there is no valid and reliable measurement tool to be used with self-report methods in the hands of researchers who want to work on this subject. The aim of the current study is the adaptation of this scale, which measures malevolent creativity, into Turkish. The study consists of 555 participants. Both construct and criterion validity were examined in the context of the scale's validity. Confirmatory factor analysis was applied for construct validity, and the three-factor structure of the scale was found to be acceptable, χ2 = 222, df = 62 p < .001, TLI = .91, CFI = .93, RMSEA = .068, SRMR = .052. For criterion validity, the relationships between the sub-dimensions of the scale and various basic personality traits and dark triad personality traits were examined. The factors of the scale generally showed positive relationships with negative traits and negative relationships with positive traits. Reliability analysis included measures of internal consistency, composite reliability, and test-retest methods. The total Cronbach's alpha coefficient was .84, while the composite reliability coefficient was .90. For the test-retest, strong correlations were found between the studies conducted with 49 participants at a 15-day interval.

Keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis, personality psychology, negative creativity, measurement in psychology, scale adaptation

Kötü Niyetli Yaratıcılık Ölçeği (KNYÖ): Türkçeye Uyarlama, Geçerlilik ve Güvenilirlik Çalışması

Abstract

Hao ve ark. (2016) tarafından geliştirilen Kötü Niyetli Yaratıcılık Ölçeği (The Malevolent Creativity Behavior Scale); zarar verme, yalan söyleme ve kandırmaca olmak üzere üç faktörden ve 13 maddeden oluşan bir ölçektir. Ölçeğin amacı yaratıcılığın karanlık ve kötü niyetli tarafını ölçmektir. Türk kültürüne uygun bir kötü niyetli yaratıcılık ölçeğinin olmaması bir eksikliktir ve bu konuda çalışmak isteyen araştırmacıların elinde öz-bildirim yöntemiyle kullanılabilecek hiçbir geçerli ve güvenilir ölçüm aracı bulunmamaktadır. Mevcut çalışmanın amacı kötü niyetli yaratıcılığı ölçmeye yarayan bu ölçeği Türkçeye uyarlamaktır. Çalışma 555 katılımcıdan oluşmaktadır. Ölçeğin geçerlilik çalışması kapsamında yapı ve ölçüt geçerliliklerine bakılmıştır. Yapı geçerliliği için doğrulayıcı faktör analizi uygulanmıştır ve ölçeğin üç faktörlü yapısı kabul edilebilir bulunmuştur, χ2 = 222, sd = 62 p < .001, TLI = .91, CFI = .93, RMSEA = .068, SRMR = .052. Ölçüt geçerliliği için ölçeğin alt boyutlarının çeşitli temel kişilik özellikleri ve karanlık üçlü kişilik özellikleriyle ilişkilerine bakılmıştır. Ölçeğin faktörleri genel olarak olumsuz özelliklerle pozitif, olumlu özelliklerle negatif ilişkiler göstermiştir. Güvenilirlik çalışması için iç tutarlılık katsayısı, kompozit güvenilirlik katsayısı ve test-tekrar test yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Ölçeğin toplam Cronbahch alfa katsayısı .84 iken kompozit güvenilirlik katsayısı .90 bulunmuştur. Test-tekrar test için ise 15 gün arayla 49 katılımcıya yapılan uygulamalar arasında güçlü korelasyonlar tespit edilmiştir.

Keywords

Doğrulayıcı faktör analizi, kişilik psikolojisi, negatif yaratıcılık, psikolojide ölçme, ölçek uyarlama

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