ADAPTATİON OF THE ATTİTUDES TO MORAL DECİSİON-MAKİNG İN YOUTH SPORT QUESTİONNAİRE-2 İNTO TURKİSH CULTURE: A VALİDİTY AND RELİABİLİTY STUDY

Abstract

The purpose of this study is the adaptation of the revised version of Attitudes to Moral Decision-Making in Youth Sport Questionnaire  (Lee, Whitehead and Ntoumanis ; 2007)  named Attitudes to Moral Decision-Making in Youth Sport Questionnaire-2 (Whitehead and Ntoumanis; 2013)  into Turkish culture. AMDYSQ-2 is 3 factors 15-items questionnaire. Data was collected from 286 student athletes. Cronbach’s Alpha Coefficient of the AMDYSQ was found 0,82 and test retest reliability coefficient was found 0,95. The validity of the AMDYSQ analyzed with exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Exploratory factor analysis was resulting 3 factors which explained 51.15% of the total variance. Fit indices values for all parameters were found to be acceptable level (Chi-square/df=2,32; GFI= 0,91; CFI= 0,95; NNFI= 0,93; RMSEA= 0,068; SRMR= 0,061). With this psychometric information, the structure obtained from the Turkish athletes were found to be similar characteristics with the original scale. As a result of this psychometric information, it was determined that the data obtained from the Turkish form of AMDYSQ-2 scale was described by the theoretical structure and reliability coefficients were sufficient.

Keywords

• Attitudes to moral decision-making. youth sport, validity, reliability