Primary School Students' Sense of Belonging towards Ethical Values and Ethical Value Concerns Scale: Validity and Reliability Study

Year 2023, Volume: 9 Issue: 1, 45 - 64, 30.04.2023

Fırat Yardimciel , Durmuş Kılıç

Abstract

The aim of this study is to develop a valid and reliable measurement tool that can measure the attitudes towards ethical values and ethical value concerns of primary school students at the basic education level. The study group of the research consists of 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade primary school students studying in 144 primary schools in Kars City Centre in the 2021-2022 academic year. With in the scope of the validity and reliability studies of the scale, explanatory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), total item correlation, and Cronbach Alpha coefficient were used. EFA and CFA findings were obtained from a sample group of 435 participants selected by stratified purposive sampling method. According to the findings of the validity and reliability analyses of Senses of Belonging towards the Ethical Values and Ethical Values Concern Scale, it was determined that the scale is a valid and reliable scale with its structure consisting of 8 dimensions and 28 items. The sub-dimensions of the scale are "Love/Respect, Justice, Friendship/Honesty, Patience, Responsibility, Selfcontrol, Benevolence and Patriotism". The high scores obtained from the sub-dimensions of the scale indicate that the students' level of predisposition to values is high, while low scores indicate that the students do not have sufficient knowledge about values and do not develop sufficient attitudes. Cronbach's Alpha coefficient of the scale is 0.90; Cronbach's Alpha coefficients of the sub-dimensions vary between 0.68 and 0.80. The item-total correlation was found to be above 0.30 in all items (between 0.37 and 0.61). Based on the results, it was determined that the scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool that can be used.

Keywords

Ethical values, Values, Education of values, Scale development

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