Validity and Reliability Testing of the Turkish Version of the Self-Acceptance Scale for Pregnant Women

Abstract

Objective: This study was conducted to adapt the Self-Acceptance Scale for Pregnant Women (SAS-PW), which was developed in Brazil, to Turkish and test the psychometric properties of its Turkish version. Method: This methodological study was carried out with 576 pregnant women who presented to the pregnancy outpatient clinics of a Research and Training Hospital in northern Turkey between December 2021 and April 2022. The validity of the Turkish version of SAS-PW was tested by conducting linguistic, content, and construct validity analyses, while its reliability was tested by conducting internal consistency and test-retest analyses. Results: According to the results of the exploratory factor analysis, the factor load values of the items and the rates of the total variance in scale scores explained by the factors were sufficient. The confirmatory factor analysis results demonstrated that the goodness-of-fit indices of the scale were within suitable ranges. The 2-factor and 10-item construct of the original SAS-PW was confirmed based on the factor analyses. The item-total score correlations of the scale were found sufficient, and the total Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of SAS-PW was determined to be 0.93. The test-retest analysis of the scale scores revealed a strong correlation between the scores of the two implementations. Conclusions: The Turkish version of SAS-PW is a valid and reliable measurement instrument to evaluate the self-acceptance levels of pregnant women in Turkish society.

Keywords

• Pregnancy
• Reliability
• Validity
• Midwifery

Gebelerin Kendini Kabul Ölçeği Türkçe versiyonunun Geçerlik ve Güvenirlik çalışması

Abstract

Amaç: Araştırma Brezilya’da geliştirilen gebelerde kendini kabul ölçeğinin Türkçe versiyonunu oluşturmak ve psikometrik özelliklerini test etmek amacıyla yapıldı. Yöntem: Metodolojik türde olan araştırma Aralık 2021-Nisan 2022 tarihleri arasında, Türkiye’nin kuzeyinde bir Eğitim Araştırma Hastanesinin gebe polikliniklerine başvuran 576 gebe ile gerçekleştirildi. Araştırmada GKKÖ’nün geçerlik analizinde dil, kapsam, yapı; güvenirlik analizinde iç tutarlılık ve test-tekrar test analizleri kullanıldı. Bulgular: Açıklayıcı faktör analizi sonrasında ölçeğin açıklanan varyans yüzdesi ve maddelerin faktör yükleri yeterli; doğrulayıcı faktör analizi sonrasında ölçeğin uyum indeksleri uygun aralıkta bulundu. Orijinal GKKÖ’nün iki alt boyut ve 10 maddelik yapısı faktör analizleri ile doğrulandı. İç tutarlılık analizinde ölçek maddelerinin madde toplam puan korelasyonları yeterli ve GKKÖ toplam Cronbach alfa katsayısı 0.93 olarak hesaplandı. Ölçeğin test-tekrar test sonuçları arasındaki ilişkiye ait korelasyon değeri ise yüksek bulundu. Sonuçlar: GKKÖ’nün Türkçe versiyonunun gebelerde kendini kabul düzeylerinin değerlendirilmesinde Türk toplumu için geçerli ve güvenilir bir araç olduğunu göstermektedir.

Keywords

• Gebelik
• Güvenilirlilik
• Geçerlilik
• Ebelik

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