A Turkish adaptation of a self-regulated practice behavior scale for collegiate music students

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the validity and reliability of a Turkish version of a Self-Regulated Practice Behavior Scale (SRP) for college students. The scale included measures of the theoretical constructs Social Influences, Method, Behavior, and Time management as sub-scales. The original SRP is a self-report instrument that was designed to measure the self-regulated practicing behavior of intermediate instrumental music students. An adaptation and Turkish translation of the scale for collegiate musicians resulted in a 38-item Turkish Self-Regulated Practice Behavior measure (Turkish SRPB). The Turkish SRPB was administrated to 237 college students enrolled in music education programs from two Turkish universities. Results of confirmatory factor analyses revealed that an adjusted four-factor model with a factor representing each of the sub-scales listed above was the best fit to the data collected (CFI = .96, RMSEA = .04, SRMR = .08). The Cronbach’s alpha coefficients for the Turkish SRPB sub-scales ranged from .62 to .90. The findings suggest that the Turkish SRPB produced valid and reliable measures of the self-regulatory practice behavior of collegiate Turkish musicians.