Psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the COVID-19 Impact Scale in university students

IF 1.8 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

International Journal of School and Educational Psychology Pub Date : 2023-01-05 DOI:10.47602/josep.v3i1.34

Murat Yıldırım, Mehmet Emin Şanlı

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Abstract

The psychological impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have substantially changed and this requires a new measurement tool reflecting these changes. The COVID-19 Impact Scale (CIS) assesses the psychological stress responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study, for the first time, examined the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the CIS in university students by focusing on its internal consistency reliability, factor structure, criterion validity and predictive validity. Using a cross-sectional research design, data were collected from 486 university students studying at a public university in Turkey. Participants completed the CIS and Kessler Psychological Distress Scale-6 using an online survey. The results showed that the CIS had excellent internal consistency reliability. Results of exploratory and confirmatory yielded a one-factor solution for the scale with high factor loadings. Also, the results showed that the CIS was not only significantly positively correlated with psychological distress but also accounted for a significant amount of unique variance in the prediction of psychological distress after controlling for the effects of age and gender. These results suggest that the CIS is a psychometrically sound scale with good evidence of reliability and validity in Turkish university students. The CIS can be confidently used for research and clinical practices.

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土耳其版大学生COVID-19影响量表的心理测量特性

COVID-19大流行的心理影响已经发生了重大变化，这需要一种新的衡量工具来反映这些变化。COVID-19影响量表(CIS)评估对COVID-19大流行的心理应激反应。本研究首次从内部一致性信度、因素结构、标准效度和预测效度等方面考察了土耳其版大学生CIS的心理测量特性。采用横断面研究设计，从土耳其一所公立大学的486名大学生中收集数据。参与者通过在线调查完成了CIS和Kessler心理困扰量表-6。结果表明，CIS具有良好的内部一致性信度。探索性和验证性结果为高因子负荷的量表提供了单因子解决方案。此外，研究结果显示，CIS不仅与心理困扰呈显著正相关，而且在控制了年龄和性别的影响后，在心理困扰的预测中占了显著的独特方差。这些结果表明，CIS是一种心理计量学上健全的量表，在土耳其大学生中具有良好的信度和效度。CIS可以自信地用于研究和临床实践。

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