Development of the Earthquake Anxiety Scale: Validity and Reliability Study

Year 2024, Volume: 6 Issue: 1, 25 - 31, 30.06.2024

Yavuz Ercan Gül

https://doi.org/10.47770/ukmead.1389678

Abstract

In this study, it was aimed to develop a new, valid and reliable measurement tool to measure general earthquake anxiety (EAS). For this purpose, firstly, the literature on earthquake was reviewed and an item pool was created. Then, two separate samples were taken for EFA and CFA. In order to determine the factor structure of the measurement tool, EFA was applied on the data obtained from the first sample group and a structure with 2 factors and 13 items was reached. In order to test the accuracy of this structure, data were collected from a different sample group and CFA was applied on these data. The results revealed that the scale has evidence of construct validity, discriminant validity and internal consistency reliability. In addition, earthquake anxiety scale items can be used to assess anxiety levels in different age groups.

Keywords

Earthquake, earthquake anxiety, reliability, scale development, validity

Ethical Statement

All participants were informed about the beneficial and risky aspects of the research. In addition, ethics committee approval for the research, which is based on volunteering, was received in 2022 from the Scientific Research Publication Ethics Committee of Kyrgyzstan Turkey Manas University at its meeting numbered 2023-4, with the decision number R.30.2023/BAYEK-6829.

Deprem Kaygısı Ölçeğinin Geliştirilmesi: Geçerlik ve Güvenirlik Çalışması

Abstract

Bu araştırmada genel deprem kaygısını ölçmeye yarayacak yeni, geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçme aracı geliştirilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Bu amaç doğrultusunda öncelikle deprem konusunda literatür taranarak madde havuzu oluşturulmuştur. Daha sonra AFA ve DFA için iki ayrı örneklem alma yoluna gidilmiştir. Ölçme aracının faktör yapısını belirlemek adına ilk örneklem grubundan alınan veriler üzerinde AFA uygulanmış ve 2 faktörlü 13 maddeli bir yapıya ulaşılmıştır. Bu yapının doğruluğunu test etmek üzere farklı bir örneklem grubundan veri toplanmış ve bu veriler üzerinde DFA uygulanmıştır. Sonuçlar, ölçeğin yapı geçerliği, ayırt edicilik geçerliği ve iç tutarlık güvenirliğine ilişkin kanıtlara sahip olduğunu ortaya koymuştur. Ayrıca deprem kaygısı ölçeği maddeleri farklı yaş gruplarında kaygı düzeylerini değerlendirmek için kullanılabilir.

Keywords

Deprem, deprem anksiyetesi, geçerlik, güvenirlik, ölçek geliştirme.

Ethical Statement

Tüm katılımcılara araştırmanın faydalı ve riskli yönleri hakkında bilgi verildi. Ayrıca gönüllülük esasına dayalı olan araştırmanın etik kurul onayı Kırgızistan Türkiye Manas Üniversitesi Bilimsel Araştırma Yayın Etiği Kurulu'nun 2022 yılında 2023-4 sayılı toplantısında R.30.2023/BAYEK-6829 karar numarası ile alınmıştır.

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