TY - JOUR T1 - INTERNET SKILLS: A SCALE ADAPTATION STUDY TT - İNTERNET BECERİLERİ: BİR ÖLÇEK UYARLAMA ÇALIŞMASI AU - Turgut, Yiğit Emrah AU - Kopuz, Tuba AU - Aktaş, Ayşe AU - Reisoğlu, İlknur AU - Aslan, Alper PY - 2025 DA - July Y2 - 2025 DO - 10.17943/etku.1620507 JF - Eğitim Teknolojisi Kuram ve Uygulama JO - Eğitim Teknolojisi Kuram ve Uygulama (ETKU) PB - Tolga GÜYER WT - DergiPark SN - 2147-1908 SP - 189 EP - 209 VL - 15 IS - 2 LA - en AB - This study aims to adapt the Internet Skills Scale, originally developed by Van Deursen et al. in 2016 to the Turkish cultural context and to examine its psychometric properties. The original scale comprises 35 items across five factors. To explore the factor structure in the Turkish context, exploratory factor analysis was conducted with data from 307 internet users. The original 5-factor structure was reduced to four factors due to the analysis. It was determined that all factors explained 68.4% of the variance. Confirmatory factor analysis was conducted with 300 participants to test the suitability of the resulting 4-factor structure for Turkish culture. Confirmatory factor analysis results supported the 4-factor structure, and the fit indices indicated acceptable, good, and excellent model fit. Convergent and discriminant validity analyses were also conducted to assess construct validity, and the results were found to be within acceptable ranges. Based on the findings, the 20-item version of the scale was confirmed to be valid and reliable for use within the Turkish context. KW - internet skills KW - scale applicability KW - Turkish culture N2 - Bu çalışmanın amacı Van Deursen vd. tarafından 2016 yılında geliştirilen İnternet Becerileri Ölçeğini Türk kültürüne uyarlamak ve ilgili ölçeğin psikometrik özelliklerini sınamaktır. Orijinal ölçek 35 madde ve beş faktörlü bir yapıya sahiptir. Ölçeğin faktör yapısını Türkiye örnekleminde incelemek amacıyla İnternet kullanıcısı olan 307 kişi ile açımlayıcı faktör analizi gerçekleştirilmiştir. Gerçekleştirilen analiz sonucunda orijinal ölçekte beş faktörden oluşan yapının dört faktör altında toplandığı görülmüştür. Tüm faktörlerin varyansın %68.4’ünü açıkladığı belirlenmiştir. Ortaya çıkan dört faktörlü yapının Türk kültürüne uygunluğunu test etmek amacıyla 300 kişi ile doğrulayıcı faktör analizi gerçekleştirilmiştir. Analiz sonucunda dört faktörlü yapının korunduğu görülmüştür. DFA sonucunda elde edilen uyum indekslerinin kabul edilebilir, iyi ve mükemmel uyum aralığında oldukları belirlenmiştir. Yapı geçerliliğini belirlemek için birleşim geçerliği ve ayrışım geçerliği analiz sonuçlarının da uygun aralıklarda olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Elde edilen bulgular sonucunda 20 maddeden oluşan formun Türk kültürüne uygunluğu kanıtlanmış ve ölçeğin Türkçe formunun geçerliği ve güvenirliği sağlanmıştır. CR - Abbate, J. (2000). 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