Adaptation of The Patience Scale into Turkish: The Study of Validity and Reliability

SABIR ÖLÇEĞİNİN TÜRKÇEYE UYARLANMASI: GEÇERLİK VE GÜVENİRLİK ÇALIŞMASI

Abstract

Adaptation of The Patience Scale into Turkish: The Study of Validity and Reliability The aim of this study is to adapt the Patience Scale to Turkish. That validity and reliability studies were carried out on 274 undergraduate students, was made up 11 items. That scale was yielded three factors as original form and its structures of the factors were valid. It is found that adapted scales’ internal reliability coefficient was 0.78. This adapted scale is suitable for Turkish academic studies related with patience

Özet

chnitker tarafından geliştirilen Sabır ÖlçeğininTürkçeye uyarlamasını gerçekleştirmektir. 274 üniversite öğrencisi üzerindegeçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışması gerçekleştirilen 11 maddeli ölçeğin orjinalinde olduğugibi 3 faktörlü bir yapı sergilediği, faktör yapılarının geçerli olduğu, genelineilişkin iç tutarlılık katsayısının 0,78 olduğu saptanmıştır. Uyarlanan ölçeğinsabır konusunda yapılacak Türkçe akademik çalışmalarda kullanılabilir olduğusöylenebilir.Anahtar Kelimeler: Sabır Ölçeği, Geçerlik, GüvenirlikABSTRACTAdaptation of The Patience Scale into Turkish: The Study of Validity andReliabilityThe aim of this study is to adapt the Patience Scale to Turkish. That validityand reliability studies were carried out on 274 undergraduate students, was madeup 11 items. That scale was yielded three factors as original form and its structuresof the factors were valid. It is found that adapted scales’ internal reliability coefficientwas 0.78. This adapted scale is suitable for Turkish academic studiesrelated with patience.Keywords: Patience Scale, Validity, Reliability