Adaptation Study of The ‘Moral Emotional Questionnaire’ Into Turkish

Abstract

Moral emotions such as guilt, pride, and shame play an important role in the socio-emotional development of children during early childhood. These emotions regulate children’s social behaviors and support their ability to act in accordance with moral standards. This study aimed to adapt the Moral Emotions Scale, which assesses children’s behavioral responses related to moral emotions based on parental reports, into Turkish culture. Data obtained from 355 parents were analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The CFA results indicated that the three-factor structure (shame, guilt, and pride) demonstrated an acceptable level of model fit (χ²/df = 1.31; RMSEA = .030; CFI = .934; TLI = .923; SRMR = .060). Factor loadings ranged from .30 to .66. AVE values indicate limited convergent validity, and HTMT findings show that discriminant validity is achieved. The internal consistency of the scale was examined using Cronbach’s α and McDonald’s ω coefficients; it was determined that the shame and guilt subdimensions provided acceptable reliability, and the pride subdimension provided tolerable reliability for research purposes. The findings suggest that the Turkish version of the Moral Emotions Scale can be used to assess children’s moral emotions during early childhood through parental reports; however, due to certain psychometric limitations, it should be used with caution in research contexts.

Keywords

• early childhood
• moral emotions
• scale adaptation
• validity
• reliability

Ahlaki Duygular Ölçeği’nin Türkçeye Uyarlama Çalışması

Abstract

Suçluluk, gurur, utanç gibi ahlaki duygular erken çocukluk döneminde çocukların sosyal duygusal gelişiminde önemli bir role sahiptir. Bu duygular çocukların sosyal davranışlarını düzenler ve ahlaki standartlara uygun hareket etmelerini sağlar. Bu çalışmada çocukların ahlaki duygularına ilişkin davranışsal tepkilerini ebeveyn raporlarına dayalı olarak değerlendirmeyi amaçlayan Ahlaki Duygular Ölçeği’nin Türk kültürüne uyarlanması amaçlanmıştır. Araştırma kapsamında 355 ebeveynden elde edilen veriler doğrulayıcı faktör analizi (DFA) ile incelenmiştir. DFA sonuçları, üç faktörlü yapının (utanç, suçluluk ve gurur) kabul edilebilir düzeyde uyum gösterdiğini ortaya koymuştur (χ²/SD = 1.31; RMSEA = .030; CFI = .934; TLI = .923; SRMR = .060). Faktör yükleri .30 ile .66 arasında değişmektedir. AVE değerleri yakınsak geçerliğin sınırlı düzeyde kaldığını gösterirken, HTMT bulguları ayırt edici geçerliğin sağlandığını göstermektedir. Ölçeğin iç tutarlılığı Cronbach’s α ve McDonald’s ω katsayıları ile incelenmiş; utanç ve suçluluk alt boyutlarının kabul edilebilir, gurur alt boyutunun ise araştırma amaçlı kullanımlar için tolere edilebilir düzeyde güvenirlik sağladığı belirlenmiştir. Bulgular, Ahlaki Duygular Ölçeği’nin Türkçe formunun erken çocukluk dönemindeki çocukların ahlaki duygularını ebeveyn raporları aracılığıyla değerlendirmede kullanılabileceğine işaret etmekle birlikte, bazı psikometrik sınırlılıkların varlığı nedeniyle araştırma amaçlı kullanımlarda temkinli bir şekilde ele alınmasının uygun olacağını göstermektedir.

Keywords

• erken çocukluk dönemi
• ahlaki duygular
• ölçek uyarlama
• geçerlilik
• güvenirlik

Ethical Statement

Bu çalışmada "Yükseköğretim Kurumları Bilimsel Araştırma ve Yayın Etiği Yönergesi"nde belirtilen kurallara uyulduğunu ve "Bilimsel Araştırma ve Yayın Etiğine Aykırı Eylemler"e dayalı hiçbir işlem yapmadığımızı beyan ederiz. Aynı zamanda tüm yazarların çalışmaya katkıda bulunduğu, yazarlar arasında herhangi bir çıkar çatışmasının bulunmadığını, tüm etik ihlallerde tüm sorumluluğun makale yazarlarına ait olduğunu beyan ederiz.

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