İLİŞKİDE OTANTİKLİK ÖLÇEĞİ: TÜRK KÜLTÜRÜNE UYARLAMA VE GEÇERLİK ÇALIŞMASI

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, Lopez ve Rice (2006) tarafından geliştirilen İlişkide Otantiklik Ölçeği’nin Türk örneklemindeki psikometrik özelliklerini incelemektir. Araştırmanın çalışma grubu, 263 lisans öğrencisinden oluşmaktadır. İlişkide Otantiklik Ölçeği’nin yapı geçerliğini değerlendirmek amacıyla doğrulayıcı faktör analizi yapılmıştır. Bulgular, uyum iyiliği indekslerinin yeterli düzeyde olduğunu ve ölçeğin iki faktörlü yapısının doğrulandığını göstermiştir (χ2 / df= 1.8; GFI= 0.88; CFI= 0.90; TLI= .88; RMSEA= 0.05). Ölçeğin Cronbach Alfa iç tutarlılık katsayısı .80 bulunmuştur. Ölçeğin yakınsak geçerliğini saptamak amacıyla, Otantiklik Ölçeği ve İlişki Doyumu Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Buna göre, İlişkide Otantiklik Ölçeği ile Otantiklik Ölçeği ve İlişki Doyumu Ölçeği arasında pozitif yönde anlamlı ilişkiler bulunmuştur. Yanı sıra, ölçme değişmezliği analizinin sonuçları, kadınların ve erkeklerin ölçek maddelerine verdikleri yanıtların benzer bir örüntüde olduğunu ortaya koymuştur. Bu nedenle, İlişkide Otantiklik Ölçeği’nin cinsiyet faktörü açısından ölçme değişmezliğine sahip olduğu söylenebilir. Sonuç olarak, mevcut çalışmanın bulguları, İlişkide Otantiklik Ölçeği’nin Türk kültüründe geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçek olarak kullanılabileceğini göstermektedir.

Keywords

• İlişkide otantiklik
• dürüstlük
• geçerlik
• güvenirlik
• ölçme değişmezliği

AUTHENTICITY IN RELATIONSHIPS SCALE (AIRS): TURKISH ADAPTATION AND VALIDATION STUDY

Abstract

The aim of the current study is to investigate the psychometric properties of Authenticity in Relationships Scale (AIRS) developed by Lopez and Rice (2006) in Turkish sample. The study carried out with 263 undergraduate students that were included with purposive sampling method. To examine the construct validity of AIRS, confirmatory factor analysis was conducted. The results showed that goodness of fit indices meet the model fit requirements for the two-factor structure of the scale (χ2 / df= 1.8; GFI= 0.88; CFI= 0.90; TLI= .88; RMSEA= 0.05). The internal consistency coefficient was found .80. As an evidence for the convergent validity, Authenticity in Relationships Scale was found to have significantly positive correlations with the Authenticity Scale and Relationship Assessment Scale. Moreover, the results of measurement invariance analysis showed that scale has the same measurement body of items in females and males and the answer patterns are similar in both genders indicating a sound metric variance for AIRS. In conclusion, it can be concluded that AIRS is a reliable and valid measure of relationship authenticity in Turkish culture.

Keywords

• Relationship authenticity
• honesty
• validity
• reliability
• measurement invariance

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