Research Article

Developing a Scale to Determine the Awareness Levels of University Students for Substance Use

Volume: 10 Number: 1 January 26, 2021
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Developing a Scale to Determine the Awareness Levels of University Students for Substance Use

Abstract

The aim of this study is to develop a scale in order to determine the awareness levels of university students towards drug use. There is no scale to determine the level of awareness of university students about drug abuse in Turkey To improve scale, a pool of questions has been created primarily. The 70 questions in the question pool were sent to 20 experts in the field. In the expert opinion form developed by Lawshe, each item is given options that are appropriate, viable and not appropriate. According to expert opinions, the CVI index values of each item was calculated and the final form of the pool of questions were prepared with a draft questionnaire of 57 questions. The survey was applied to 1031 people who were students in the 2019-2020 academic year of Sivas Cumhuriyet University. As a result of the application of clarifying factor analysis during the scale development phase, a structure consisting of 5 factors and 28 substances that explain 48% of the total variance was obtained. It was observed that the model was well-matched by subsequent confirmatory factor analysis for the scale. In the study, the total Cronbach α value of the scale was found to be 0.880. This research showed that this scale, developed to determine the level of awareness of drug use among university students, is accurate and reliable and that the scale can be used in field-related studies.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

January 26, 2021

Submission Date

April 1, 2020

Acceptance Date

November 22, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 10 Number: 1

APA
Yıldız, Z., & Sel, A. (2021). Developing a Scale to Determine the Awareness Levels of University Students for Substance Use. MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi, 10(1), 44-57. https://doi.org/10.33206/mjss.713008
AMA
1.Yıldız Z, Sel A. Developing a Scale to Determine the Awareness Levels of University Students for Substance Use. MJSS. 2021;10(1):44-57. doi:10.33206/mjss.713008
Chicago
Yıldız, Zafer, and Ahmet Sel. 2021. “Developing a Scale to Determine the Awareness Levels of University Students for Substance Use”. MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi 10 (1): 44-57. https://doi.org/10.33206/mjss.713008.
EndNote
Yıldız Z, Sel A (January 1, 2021) Developing a Scale to Determine the Awareness Levels of University Students for Substance Use. MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi 10 1 44–57.
IEEE
[1]Z. Yıldız and A. Sel, “Developing a Scale to Determine the Awareness Levels of University Students for Substance Use”, MJSS, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 44–57, Jan. 2021, doi: 10.33206/mjss.713008.
ISNAD
Yıldız, Zafer - Sel, Ahmet. “Developing a Scale to Determine the Awareness Levels of University Students for Substance Use”. MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi 10/1 (January 1, 2021): 44-57. https://doi.org/10.33206/mjss.713008.
JAMA
1.Yıldız Z, Sel A. Developing a Scale to Determine the Awareness Levels of University Students for Substance Use. MJSS. 2021;10:44–57.
MLA
Yıldız, Zafer, and Ahmet Sel. “Developing a Scale to Determine the Awareness Levels of University Students for Substance Use”. MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi, vol. 10, no. 1, Jan. 2021, pp. 44-57, doi:10.33206/mjss.713008.
Vancouver
1.Zafer Yıldız, Ahmet Sel. Developing a Scale to Determine the Awareness Levels of University Students for Substance Use. MJSS. 2021 Jan. 1;10(1):44-57. doi:10.33206/mjss.713008

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