Tevekkül Yönelimi Ölçeği Geliştirilmesi: Geçerlik ve Güvenirlik Çalışması

Tawakkul, which is an important concept belonging to the religion of Islam, is also considered as a religious coping strategy. The aim of this study is to develop a scale that can measure the tawakkul orientation and to examine the psychometric properties of the scale. First of all, the 54-item list prepared in five-point Likert type was reduced to 44 items with expert opinions (content validity), and then the 44-item draft scale was applied to the study group. The study group of the research consists of 338 people, whose ages vary between 19 and 65, with a mean age of 29.3 (±9.72). Content validity, exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were performed for validity of the scale. According to explatory factor analysis the scale has 23 item and 3 factor, this model was found to fit well according to confirmatory factor analysis. The internal consistency reliability coefficient of the scale was found to be 0,928. The sub-scales of the scale were named Emotion and Cognition, Negative Attitude towards Behavior, Positive Attitude towards Behavior. These results demonstrate that Tawakkul Orientation Scale is a valid and reliable instrument.