TURKISH ADAPTATION OF SENSE OF COMMUNITY IN SPORT INSTRUMENT: VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY STUDY

Year 2019, Volume: 17 Issue: 3, 213 - 221, 30.09.2019

Sinan Yıldırım , Alper Yıldız Ziya Koruç

https://doi.org/10.33689/spormetre.498362

Abstract

PPurpose of this study was adapting “Sense of
Community in Sport Instrument” (SCS) developed by Warner, Kerwin, and Walker
(2013). Sample consisted of 124 females, 98 males, and 222 in total athletes (Mage = 15 ± 1.91 years). developed to
assess sense of community in sport setting. The scale includes 21 items and 6
sub-dimensions: Administrative Consideration, Common Interest, Competition,
Equity in Administrative Decisions, Leadership Opportunities, and Social Spaces.
Descriptives, Cronbach’s alpha internal consistency coefficient, Pearson
correlation analysis, and confirmatory factor analysis were used in data
analyses. Correlation values between Turkish and English forms differ between
0.76 - 0.97 while, internal consistency coefficients were between 0.67 - 0.84
for sub-dimensions. According to confirmatory factor analysis, factor loadings
of the scale range between 0.59 and 0.81. Turkish version of SCS with displayed
an acceptable and/or perfect model-data fit (χ2/df = 1.95, RMSEA=0.066,
CFI=0.97, NFI=0.94, NNFI=0.96, GFI=0.87). When
findings are interpreted, it may be said that the model was found fit and
questionnaire has construct validity. Therefore, as a valid and reliable scale,
Turkish version of “Sense of Community in Sport Instrument” can be used in
forthcoming studies.

Keywords

sense of community, sense of community in sports, youth sports

SPORDA TOPLULUK HİSSİ ÖLÇEĞİNİ (STHÖ) TÜRKÇEYE UYARLAMA: GEÇERLİK VE GÜVENİRLİK ÇALIŞMASI

Abstract

BBu çalışmanın
amacı, Warner, Kerwin, ve Walker (2013) tarafından geliştirilen Sporda
Topluluk Hissi Ölçeğinin (STHÖ) Türkçe’ye uyarlanmasıdır. Araştırmaya 124 kız,
98 erkek, toplam 222 aktif sporcu (ort.yaş= 15 ± 1.91 yıl) katılmıştır. STHÖ;
spor ortamında topluluk hissini ölçmek amacıyla geliştirilmiştir. Ölçek 21
madde ve 6 alt boyuttan oluşmaktadır: İdari Değerlendirme, Ortak İlgi, İdari
Kararlarda Eşitlik, Liderlik Fırsatları, Sosyal Alanlar, Rekabet. Verilerin
analizinde betimleyici analizler, Cronbach’s alfa iç tutarlık katsayısı,
pearson korelasyon analizi ve doğrulayıcı faktör analizi kullanılmıştır. Türkçe
İngilizce formların korelasyonlarının 0.76 - 0.93
arasında; iç
tutarlık değerlerinin 0.67 - 0.84 arasında değiştiği görülmektedir. Doğrulayıcı
faktör analizi sonuçlarına göre, faktör yük değerlerinin ise 0.59 ve 0.81
arasında olduğu bulunmuştur. STHÖ’nin, model
veri uyumuyla ilişkili olan değerlerinin (χ2/sd=1.95, RMSEA= 0.066, CFI= 0.97, NFI=0.94, NNFI=0.96, GFI=0.87) kabul edilebilir ve mükemmel
uyum sınırlarında göstermektedir. Elde edilen sonuçların tamamı ele
alındığında, modelin veriyle uyum gösterdiği ve ölçeğin yapısal geçerliğe sahip
olduğu görülmektedir. Sonuç olarak, “Sporda
Topluluk Hissi Ölçeği” Türkçe versiyonu geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçüm aracı
olarak araştırmalarda kullanılabileceği söylenebilir.

Keywords

topluluk hissi, sporda topluluk hissi, genç sporu

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