Adaptation of the Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale in Children (8-14 Years) into Turkish Culture

Abstract

The aim of this research is to adopt the "Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale in Children (8-14 Years)" toTurkish culture, and to conduct validity and reliability studies. The data in the study were obtained from a total of385 students, 169 female and 216 male. The students in the study group were between the ages of 8-14 and theaverage age was 10.85. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to examine the construct validity of the scale. Inaddition, one of the validity analyses, the criterion-related validity method, was utilized. Test-retest method,corrected item-total correlations for scale items and Cronbach Alpha internal consistency coefficient methodswere used for reliability analysis. In this study, confirmatory factor analysis results showed that the one-factorstructure was well adapted as in the original form. The test-retest coefficient obtained was r = .72 in this research.The Cronbach's Alpha reliability coefficient of the scale is .82. In conclusion, findings of the study supported thatthe Turkish form of the scale is a reliable and valid instrument