Doğaya Bağlılık Eğilimi Ölçeğinin Türkçe’ye Uyarlanması: Geçerlik ve Güvenirlik Çalışması

Year 2024, Issue: 61, 2232 - 2257, 27.09.2024

Banu Akbaş , Mine Canan Durmuşoğlu

https://doi.org/10.53444/deubefd.1455914

Abstract

Bu çalışma, Brügger, Kaiser ve Roczen (2011) tarafından geliştirilen “Doğaya Bağlılık Eğilimi” Ölçeğinin Türkçe’ye uyarlanmasıdır. Ölçme aracının dilsel eşdeğerlik, ölçüt geçerliği ve yapı geçerliği analizleri yapılmıştır. Ölçek farklı çalışma gruplarıyla yetişkinlerden oluşan örneklemlere uygulanmıştır. Ölçeğin yapı geçerliğine yönelik kanıt aramak için açımlayıcı ve doğrulayıcı faktör analizi kullanılmıştır. Açımlayıcı faktör analizi sonuçları ölçeğin üç farklı boyut oluşturduğunu göstermiştir. Doğrulayıcı faktör analizi sonucunda ise bu üç boyutun ilişkili olduğu ve ikincil düzey faktör yapısının veriyle uyumlu olduğu bulunmuştur. Bu boyutlar doğaya bağlılık ve davranışsal sıklık, doğaya bağlılık ve öz değerlendirme ile doğaya bağlılık ve tercihler boyutlarıdır. Ölçeğin güvenirlik analizi sonucunda Cronbach alfa katsayısı .91 olduğu bulunmuştur. Sonuçlar, Doğaya Bağlılık Eğilimi Ölçeği’nin Türkçe versiyonunun (34 Madde) güvenilir ve geçerli olduğunu ve üç faktör kapsamında açıklandığını göstermektedir.

Keywords

Doğaya bağlılık, biyofili, doğa, çevre, ölçek

Adaptation of Disposition to Connect with Nature Scale into Turkish: A Validity and Reliability Study

Abstract

This study is the adaptation of the "Disposition to Connect with Nature" Scale developed by Brügger, Kaiser and Roczen (2011) into Turkish. Linguistic equivalence, criterion validity and construct validity analyses were conducted. The scale was applied to samples of adults with different study groups. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were used to seek evidence for the construct validity of the scale. The results of the exploratory factor analysis showed that the scale formed three different dimensions. As a result of confirmatory factor analysis, it was found that these three dimensions were related and the secondary level factor structure was compatible with the data. These dimensions are nature connectedness and behavioral frequency, nature connectedness and self-evaluation and nature connectedness and preferences. As a result of the reliability analysis of the scale, Cronbach's alpha coefficient was found to be .91. The results show that the Turkish version (34 Items) of the Disposition to Connect with Nature Scale is a reliable and valid scale and is explained within the scope of three factors.

Keywords

Nature connectedness, biophilia, nature, environment, scale

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