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Kendini Fiziksel Tanımlama Envanteri Kısa Formunun Ergenlerde Geçerlilik ve Güvenirliliği
The Validity and Reliability of the Short Form of the Physical Self-Description Questionnaire Among Adolescents
Osman URFAa, Günay YILDIZERb, Fevziye Hülya AŞÇIa, Emine ÇAĞLARc, Bülent Okan MİÇOOĞULLARId
aBeden Eğitimi ve Spor Eğitimi Bölümü, Marmara Üniversitesi Spor Bilimleri Fakültesi, İstanbul, TÜRKİYE
bBeden Eğitimi ve Spor ABD, Eskişehir Teknik Üniversitesi Spor Bilimleri Fakültesi, Eskişehir, TÜRKİYE
cBeden Eğitimi ve Spor ABD, Hacettepe Üniversitesi Spor Bilimleri Fakültesi, Ankara, TÜRKİYE
dBeden Eğitimi ve Spor Bölümü, Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi, Nevşehir, TURKEY
Turkiye Klinikleri J Sports Sci. 2019;11(3):153-63
doi: 10.5336/sportsci.2019-66687
Article Language: TR
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 Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, Kendini Fiziksel Tanımlama Envanteri kısa formunun (KFTEK) Türkçe versiyonunun geçerlilik ve güvenirliliğinin ergenlerde test edilmesidir. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Araştırma iki çalışmadan oluşmaktadır. Birinci çalışmada envanterin yapı geçerliliği doğrulayıcı faktör analizi ile incelenmiş, yakınsak ve ıraksak geçerliliği ise Çıkarılmış Ortalama Varyans (AVE) ve Birleşik Güvenirlilik (CR) değerleri ile incelenmiştir. Envanterin güvenirliliği için iç tutarlık katsayısı hesaplanmıştır. İkinci aşamada ise envanterin cinsiyete göre ölçüm değişmezliği çoklu grup doğrulayıcı faktör analizi ile incelenmiştir. Birinci çalışmaya 12-18 yaş aralığında, 233 kız (xyaş= 14,33±1,56), 91 erkek (xyaş= 14,67±1,59) olmak üzere 324 ergen (xyaş= 14,42±1,57); ikinci çalışmaya ise 12-19 yaş aralığında, 720 kız (xyaş=15,44±1,03), 929 erkek (xyaş= 15,35±1,45) toplam 1.649 ergen (xyaş= 15,39±1,28) katılmıştır. Bulgular: Birinci çalışmada yapılan doğrulayıcı faktör analizinde kabul edilebilir uyum değerlerine ulaşılırken, AVE ve CR değerleri de kabul edilebilir sınırlardadır. Envanterin alt boyutlarına ait iç tutarlık katsayısı ise 0,73 (Kendine güven) ile 0,93 (Spor yeteneği) arasındadır. İkinci çalışmada yapılan çoklu grup doğrulayıcı faktör analizinde ise envanterin cinsiyet değişkenine göre biçimsel, zayıf, güçlü ve katı değişmezliği sağladığı görülmüştür. Sonuç: Tüm bu bulgular neticesinde KFTE-K, yapı geçerliliği, yakınsak, ıraksak geçerlilik, güvenirlilik ve cinsiyetlere göre ölçüm değişmezliği sağlamaktadır. Envanterin fiziksel benlik algısı ve genel benlik algısı ile ilgili yapılan araştırmalarda kullanmak için geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçme aracı olduğu söylenebilir.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Fiziksel benlik algısı; ergen psikolojisi; faktör analizi
ABSTRACT
 Objective: The purpose of this study was to test the reliability and validity of Turkish version of Physical Self-Description Questionnaire Short Form (PSDQ-S) for adolescents. The research consists of two separate studies. Material and Methods: In the first study, the construct validity of the scale was examined by confirmatory factor analysis and its convergent and discriminant validity was also examined by Average Variance Extracted (AVE) and Composite Reliability (CR) values. The internal consistency coefficient was calculated for the reliability of the scale. In the second study, measurement invariance of the scale with regard to gender was examined by multiple-group confirmatory factor analysis. Two hundred thirty-three females (Mage= 14.33±1.56) and 91 males (Mage= 14.67±1.59), totally 324 adolescents (Mage= 14.42±1.57) voluntarily participated in the first study and 720 females (Mage= 15.44±1.03) and 929 males (Mage= 15.35±1.45), totally 1.649 adolescents (Mage= 15.39±1.28) participated in the second study. Results: Confirmatory factor analysis, AVE and CR values were found within acceptable limits in the first study. The internal consistency of the subscales ranged between 0.73 (Self Confidence subscale) and 0.93 (Sport Ability subscales). In the second study, multiple-group confirmatory factor analysis showed that the scale provided configural, weak, strong and strict invariance according to gender variable. Conclusion: As a result, PSDQ-S Turkish form provides the construct validity, convergent and discriminant validity, measurement invariance with regard to gender variable and reliability. It can be said that the scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool for use researches related to physical self and general self.

Keywords: Physical self-concept; adolescent psychology; factor analysis
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www.turkiyeklinikleri.com cannot reach to user’s identity, address, service providers or other information. The users may send this information to the website through forms if they would like to. However, www.turkiyeklinikleri.com may collect your hardware and software information. The information consists of your IP address, browser type, operating system, domain name, access time, and related websites. www.turkiyeklinikleri.com cannot sell the provided user information (your name, e-mail address, home and work address, phone number) to the third parties, publish it publicly, or keep it in the website. Gathered information has a directing feature to be a source for the website’s visitor profile, reporting and promotion of the services.

www.turkiyeklinikleri.com uses the taken information:

-To enhance, improve and maintain the quality of the website

-To generate visitor’s profile and statistical data

-To determine the tendency of the visitors on using our website

-To send print publications/correspondences

-To send press releases or notifications through e-mail

-To generate a list for an event or competition

By using www.turkiyeklinikleri.com you are considered to agree that;

-Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. cannot be hold responsible for any user’s illegal and immoral behavior,

-Terms of use may change from time to time,

-It is not responsible for other websites’ contents it cannot control or the harms they may cause although it uses the connection they provided.

Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. may block the website to users in the following events:

-Information with wrong, incomplete, deceiving or immoral expressions is recorded to the website,

-Proclamation, advertisement, announcement, libelous expressions are used against natural person or legal identity,

-During various attacks to the website,

-Disruption of the website because of a virus.

Written, visual and audible materials of the website, including the code and the software are under protection by legal legislation.

Without the written consent of Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. the information on the website cannot be downloaded, changed, reproduced, copied, republished, posted or distributed.

All rights of the software and the design of the website belong to Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc.

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