TY  - JOUR
T1  - Psychometric Properties of the Family Empowerment Scale in the Turkish Language
TT  - Psychometric Properties of the Family Empowerment Scale in the Turkish Language
AU  - Karakul, Atiye
AU  - Ardahan Akgül, Esra
AU  - Doğan, Pınar
AU  - Yıldırım Sarı, Hatice
PY  - 2025
DA  - May
Y2  - 2025
DO  - 10.19127/bshealthscience.1621085
JF  - Black Sea Journal of Health Science
JO  - BSJ Health Sci.
PB  - Karyay Karadeniz Yayımcılık Ve Organizasyon Ticaret Limited Şirketi
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2619-9041
SP  - 109
EP  - 113
VL  - 8
IS  - 3
LA  - en
AB  - The aim of this study is to investigate the psychometric properties of the Family Empowerment Scale in the Turkish language. The study was carried out with 223 parents of intellectually disabled children. Data were collected between February and September 2018 by using the “Family Knowledge Form” and the “Family Empowerment Scale”. The Family Empowerment Scale is a Likert type scale consisting of 34 items and a three-factor structure. The study evaluated the following; KMO values, Cronbach alpha internal consistency coefficient, item-total correlation, and exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The mean total score of the scale was 128.21±15.77 (min. 73, max. 165). The KMO value was 0.82, P=0.000, χ2=26444.80 and the factor analysis showed that the scale was three-dimensional. Item total score correlations were between 0.280-0.614. In the exploratory factor analysis, the item was removed from the scale since the factor load of item 7 was below 0.30. The Cronbach alpha value of the scale was 0.89. Confirmatory factor analysis fit indexes were χ2=1048.36, P
KW  - Psychometric properties
KW  - Family empowerment scale
KW  - Child
N2  - The aim of this study is to investigate the psychometric properties of the Family Empowerment Scale in the Turkish language. The study was carried out with 223 parents of intellectually disabled children. Data were collected between February and September 2018 by using the “Family Knowledge Form” and the “Family Empowerment Scale”. The Family Empowerment Scale is a Likert type scale consisting of 34 items and a three-factor structure. The study evaluated the following; KMO values, Cronbach alpha internal consistency coefficient, item-total correlation, and exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The mean total score of the scale was 128.21±15.77 (min. 73, max. 165). The KMO value was 0.82, P=0.000, χ2=26444.80 and the factor analysis showed that the scale was three-dimensional. Item total score correlations were between 0.280-0.614. In the exploratory factor analysis, the item was removed from the scale since the factor load of item 7 was below 0.30. The Cronbach alpha value of the scale was 0.89. Confirmatory factor analysis fit indexes were χ2=1048.36, P
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