The Turkish Adaptation of Sussex Misophonia Scale and A Short Form of the Scale

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 47 Sayı: 6, 914 - 922, 26.09.2025

Oğuzhan Herdi , Cumhur Avcil

https://doi.org/10.20515/otd.1537885

Öz

Misophonia is a neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by emotions, thoughts, behaviours toward certain sensory stimuli. Sussex Misophonia Scale (SMS) is one of the scales intending to measure misophonia. In this study we aimed to conduct Turkish adaptation of SMS and present a short form of the scale. We conducted a translation and back-translation process. The scale was applied to a subgroup of the sample. In line with feedback final version was distributed via online platforms. Reliability and validity analyses were conducted. Due to multi-loading of items, 19 items from Part II were eliminated. We defined this 19-itemed form as short form of the scale and same reliability, and validity analyses were conducted with this short form. SMS was reliable scale with .97 The Cronbach's Alpha value for Part 2. However, in EFA analysis, Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin analysis was conducted, resulting in value of .954. The Bartlett’s Test of Sphericity yielded a value of χ2=8508.921and a p<.001. The short form demonstrated a Cronbach's Alpha value of .913. Both original and short form of the scale were clinically valid. The Turkish version of SMS was reliable and valid scale. We presented short form of Part II of the scale and this short form was also reliable and valid.

Anahtar Kelimeler

misophonia , Sussex , scale

Sussex Mizofoni Ölçeği'nin Türkçe Geçerlik ve Güvenirlik Çalışması ve Ölçeğin Kısa Formu

Öz

Mizofoni, belirli duyusal uyaranlara yönelik duygu, düşünce ve davranışlarla karakterize nöropsikiyatrik bir bozukluktur. Sussex Mizofoni Ölçeği (SMÖ) mizofoni hastalığını ölçmeyi amaçlayan ölçeklerden biridir. Bu çalışmada SMÖ'nin Türkçe uyarlamasının yapılması ve ölçeğin kısa formunun sunulması amaçlanmıştır.Bir çeviri ve yeniden çeviri süreci gerçekleştirdik. Ölçek örneklemin bir alt grubuna uygulanmıştır. Geri bildirimler doğrultusunda ölçeğin son hali çevrimiçi platformlar aracılığıyla dağıtılmıştır. Güvenilirlik ve geçerlilik analizleri yapılmıştır. Çoklu madde yüklemesi nedeniyle Bölüm II'den 19 madde elenmiştir. Bu 19 maddelik form ölçeğin kısa formu olarak tanımlanmış ve aynı güvenirlik ve geçerlik analizleri bu kısa form ile yapılmıştır.SMÖ, Bölüm 2 için .97 Cronbach's Alpha değeri ile güvenilir bir ölçektir. Ancak AFA analizinde Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin analizi yapılmış ve sonuçta .954 değeri elde edilmiştir. Bartlett'in Küresellik Testi χ2=8508.921 ve p<.001 değerini vermiştir. Kısa form .913 Cronbach's Alpha değerine sahiptir. Ölçeğin hem orijinal hem de kısa formu klinik olarak geçerlidir. SMÖ'nin Türkçe versiyonu güvenilir ve geçerli bir ölçektir. Ölçeğin II. bölümünün kısa formu sunulmuş ve bu kısa form da güvenilir ve geçerli bulunmuştur.

Anahtar Kelimeler

mizofoni , Sussex , ölçek

Kaynakça

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