Anlamlandırma İhtiyacı Ölçeği Türkçe Uyarlama Çalışması
Adaptation of the Need for Sense-Making Scale to Turkish

Summary/Abstract: The present research investigates the psychometric properties of the Need for Sense-Making Scale (Cantarero et al., 2021) with the purpose of adapting it to Turkish sample. Study sample consists of 282 female and 88 male participants, in total of 370. Regarding the linguistic equivalence of the scales, it is found that there is no significant difference between the English and the Turkish forms. For criterion validity of the scale, the relationship with the Sense-Making Scale is examined and significant positive correlation is found (r=0.52, p=0.00). Structural validity of the scale is analyzed through confirmatory factory analysis (CFA) and found the fit indices were found to be within the acceptable range. The unidimensional structure of the NSM was confirmed, and item loads ranged between .31 and .77. The scale is found to be highly reliable (r=0.88). Discriminant validity of the NSM was analyzed through item-total correlation and comparison of the upper 27% and lower 27% groups and yielded satisfactory results (p<.05). Present research shows enough evidence to use NSM in Turkish samples as a valid and reliable tool.

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