Turkish adaptation of Digital Fluency Scale for high school students

Year 2026, Volume: 13 Issue: 1, 270 - 288, 02.01.2026

Ecem Tunca , Aynur Kolburan Geçer

https://doi.org/10.21449/ijate.1659953

Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine the validity and reliability of the Turkish adaptation of the Digital Fluency Scale developed by Chou and Chiu (2020). The structural and linguistic validity, and the equivalence of the scale with the Turkish version was confirmed. For the pilot study, the scale was administered to 60 high school students using a test-retest method at a two-month interval, and correlations were examined. Validity and reliability analyses were conducted with a sample of 420 high school students in Eskişehir. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was used to assess the construct validity of the scale, and the following fit indices were obtained: χ² / df = 3.862; RMSEA = .079; SRMR = .056; GFI = .907; NFI = .856; TLI = .866; and CFI = .888. The first-level CFA results confirmed that the sample size was sufficient for factor analysis. Additionally, a second-order CFA supported the conceptualization of digital fluency as a higher-order latent construct encompassing four core factors. The scale demonstrated high internal consistency, with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.89. Significant correlations were observed among the subscales and between each subscale and the total scale score. These findings demonstrate that the Turkish version of the Digital Fluency Scale is a valid and reliable tool for assessing digital fluency in high school students.

Keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis , Digital fluency , Reliability , Scale adaptation , Validity

Ethical Statement

Kocaeli University, 28.12.2022-E.342290

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