ACADEMICIANS' ARROGANCE ORIENTATION SCALE (AAOS): VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY STUDY

Year 2024, Issue: 72, 464 - 488, 31.10.2024

Mesut Demirbilek , Tuba Akpolat , Sıtar Keser

https://doi.org/10.21764/maeuefd.1460393

Abstract

The aim of this study is to develop a valid and reliable scale to measure the arrogance orientations of academicians. In order to realise this aim, scale development stages were followed; firstly, an item pool was created by getting support from the literature. Then, the draft form was presented to the expert opinion and improvements were made within the scope of content validity and comprehensibility. The sample of the study consisted of undergraduate-graduate students in Istanbul in 2023 and 314 undergraduate-graduate students who graduated in the same year. For the validation of the structure of the scale, 245 undergraduate-graduate students and graduates were selected as the sample. Exploratory factor analysis was performed for the construct validity of the scale, and it was seen that the Arrogance Orientation of Academics Scale exhibited a structure consisting of three factors. These three factors explain 69% of the total variance. The internal consistency coefficient for the whole scale is .96. Confirmatory factor analysis was performed to verify the structure and it was seen that the structure of the arrogance orientation of academics scale consisting of twenty-two items and three dimensions was confirmed. As a result, it was revealed that the Arrogance Orientation of Academics Scale is a reliable and valid measurement tool that will reveal the arrogance orientations of academicians with the dimensions of discrediting, superior approach, and comparison.

Keywords

Academician, Arrogance, University, Higher Education, Contempt

AKADEMİSYENLERİN KİBİR YÖNELİMİ ÖLÇEĞİ (AKYÖ): GEÇERLİK VE GÜVENİRLİK ÇALIŞMASI

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı akademisyenlerin kibir yönelimlerini ölçmeye yarayan geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçeğin geliştirilmesidir. Bu amacı gerçekleştirmek için ölçek geliştirme aşamaları takip edilerek; öncelikle alan yazından destek alınarak madde havuzu oluşturulmuştur. Ardından taslak form, uzman görüşüne sunularak kapsam geçerliliği ve anlaşılırlık kapsamında iyileştirmeler yapılmıştır. Araştırmanın örneklemini 2023 yılında İstanbul ilinde bulunan lisans-lisansüstü öğrencileriyle, aynı yıl mezun olmuş olan lisans-lisansüstü toplam 314 öğrenci oluşturmaktadır. Ölçeğin yapısının doğrulanması için ise 245 lisans-lisansüstü öğrenci ve mezun örneklem olarak seçilmiştir. Ölçeğin yapı geçerliği için açımlayıcı faktör analizi yapılmış ve Akademisyenlerin Kibir Yönelimi Ölçeği’nin üç faktörden oluşan bir yapı sergilediği görülmüştür. Söz konusu üç faktör toplam varyansın %69’unu açıklamaktadır. Ölçeğin tamamı için iç tutarlılık katsayısı .96’dır. Ortaya konan yapının doğrulanması için doğrulayıcı faktör analizi yapılmış ve yirmi iki madde, üç boyuttan oluşan akademisyenlerin kibir yönelimi ölçeğinin yapısının doğrulandığı görülmüştür. Sonuç olarak, Akademisyenlerin Kibir Yönelimi Ölçeği’nin; itibarsızlaştırma, üstenci yaklaşım ve kıyaslama boyutları ile akademisyenlerin kibir yönelimlerini ortaya koyacak güvenilir ve geçerli bir ölçme aracı olduğu ortaya konmuştur.

Keywords

Akademisyen, kibir, üniversite, yükseköğretim, küçümseme

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