VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY STUDY OF THE EMOTIONAL COMMITMENT TO SPORTS TEAM SCALE

Abstract

In this study, it was aimed to adapt the Emotional Commitment to the Sports Team Scale (ECSTS), which was developed by Dwyer, Mudrick, Greenhalgh, LeCrom, and Drayer (2015) to determine the sports fans' emotional commitment to their teams. The sample of the study consists of 320 people who are fans of Besiktas, Fenerbahce, Galatasaray and Trabzonspor. The scale adaptation stage was carried out by following a series of steps. In the first stage, the original version of the scale was translated into Turkish, and support was received from the faculty members working at the school of foreign languages and having experience abroad. The compatibility of the ECSTS structure in the sample of fans of sports teams in Turkey was tested with the first and second level confirmatory factor analysis (CFA).As a result of CFA, the original structure of the scale, which consists of seven items and two sub-dimensions, was found to be suitable for Turkish culture. As a result of the analysis, it was determined that the item loads of the scale varied between .80 and .97 values, and the obtained fit index values were calculated to be χ2/sd = 2.98, p<.01, GFI = .97, CFI = .99, IFI = .99, AGFI = .93, RMSEA = .079, SMRM = .013. In addition, the scale scores of the Cognitive investment and Emotional investment sub-dimensions were ordered from the lowest value to the highest value in order to determine the item discrimination of the scale items. Those entering the 27th percentile from the top were determined as the upper group, while those entering the 27th percentile from the bottom were determined as the sub group. Then, the differences of the items between the groups (sub-group and upper group) were examined with the t test, and the t values were found to be significant. As a result of this study, it can be said that the Turkish form of STBLQ can be used as a valid and reliable measurement tool to determine the emotional commitment of the fans.

Keywords

• Emotional commitment
• Scale adaptation
• Commitment to the sports team

SPOR TAKIMINA DUYGUSAL BAĞLILIK ÖLÇEĞİNİN TÜRKÇE FORMUNUN GEÇERLİK VE GÜVENİRLİK ÇALIŞMASI

Öz

Bu araştırmada Dwyer, Mudrick, Greenhalgh, LeCrom ve Drayer (2015) tarafından taraftarların takımlarına olan duygusal bağlılıklarını belirlemek amacıyla geliştirilen Spor Takımına Duygusal Bağlılık Ölçeği’nin (STDBÖ) Türkçeye adaptasyonunun yapılması amaçlanmıştır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubu, Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray ve Trabzonspor taraftarı olan 320 kişiden oluşmaktadır. Ölçek uyarlama aşaması bir dizi adımlar izlenerek gerçekleştirilmiştir. İlk aşamada ölçeğin orijinal halinin Türkçeye çeviri çalışması yapılmış ve bu aşamada yabancı diller yüksekokulunda görevli ve yurt dışı tecrübesi olan öğretim üyelerinden destek alınmıştır. STDBÖ yapısının Türkiye’deki spor takımları taraftarı örnekleminde uyumlu olup olmadığını birinci ve ikinci düzey doğrulayıcı faktör analizi (DFA) ile test edilmiştir. Gerçekleştirilen DFA sonucu yedi unsur ve iki faktörden meydana gelen ölçeğin orijinal yapısı Türk kültürü içinde uygun olduğu görülmüştür. Analiz sonucu elde edilen uyum indeksi değerleri de bunu desteklemektedir. Ayrıca ölçek maddelerinin, madde ayırt ediciliğinin tespit edilebilmesi için Bilişsel yatırım ve Duygusal yatırım alt boyutlarına ait ölçek puanları en düşük değerden en büyük değere doğru sıralanmıştır. Üstten %27’lik dilime girenler üst grup, alttan %27’lik dilime girenler alt grup olarak belirlenmiştir. Daha sonra maddelerin gruplar arasında (alt grup ile üst grup) farklılıkları t testi ile incelenmiş ve t değerlerinin anlamlı bulunmuştur. Bu çalışma sonucunda STDBÖ Türkçe formunun geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçme aracı olarak taraftarların duygusal bağlılıklarını belirlemede kullanılabileceği söylenebilir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Duygusal Bağlılık
• Ölçek Uyarlama
• Spor Takımına Bağlılık

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