A Validity and Reliability Study on the Development of Marital Attachment Injuries Scale

Abstract

This study aims at developing a valid and reliable scale to identify the level of attachment injuries of married individuals. This study, which has adopted a survey model, is a descriptive study that has been designed to reveal the construct of the concept of attachment injury and to develop a data collection tool to measure the concept. In this direction, the steps of a scale development process were followed, and a pool of items was first developed accordingly. Explanatory factor analysis, as well as validity and reliability study, was conducted with the data obtained from 287 participants, 203 of whom were female and 84 of whom were male. Then a confirmatory factor analysis was carried out with the data gathered from 253 participants, 156 of whom were female and 79 of whom were male. At the end of the analyses came out a valid and reliable data collection tool which has 17 items in total and is composed of two dimensions, which are “insecure attachment” and “trauma” to identify the level of attachment injuries of married individuals.

Keywords

• Attachment Injuries
• Marriage
• Attachment
• Scale Development

Evlilikte Bağlanma Yaralanmaları Ölçeği Geliştirme, Geçerlik ve Güvenirlik Çalışması

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı evli bireylerin bağlanma yaralanmaları düzeylerini belirlemeye yönelik geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçme aracı geliştirmektir. Araştırma tarama modeli olarak tasarlanmıştır ve bu doğrultuda yapılacak araştırmanın türü ise, bağlanma yaralanması kavramının yapısını ortaya koymaya ve kavramı ölçmeyi hedefleyen bir ölçme aracı geliştirmeye yönelik betimsel bir çalışma olarak belirlenmiştir. Bu doğrultuda ölçek geliştirme süreci adımları izlenerek madde havuzu oluşturulmuştur. İlk olarak 203 kadın ve 84 erkek olmak üzere 287 kişiden oluşan araştırma grubundan elde edilen veriler ile açımlayıcı faktör analizi ve geçerlik-güvenilirlik çalışmaları yürütülmüştür. Ardından 156 kadın ve 79 erkek olmak üzere 235 kişiden oluşan araştırma grubundan elde edilen veriler ile doğrulayıcı faktör analizi yapılmıştır. Yapılan analizler sonucunda evli bireylerin bağlanma yaralanmaları düzeylerini ölçmeye yönelik “güvensiz bağlanma” ve “travma” olarak adlandırılan iki boyut ve 17 maddeden oluşan geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçme aracı elde edilmiştir.

Keywords

• Bağlanma Yaralanmaları
• Evlilik
• Bağlanma
• Ölçek Geliştirme

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