Abstract
Emotions of self-consciousness are feelings experienced during interpersonal relationships, regulating thoughts and behaviors, preventing socially undesirable behaviors and encouraging individuals to act ethically. The aim of this study was to investigate the Turkish version of the Test of Self-Conscious Affect for Adolescents and to examine their psychometric properties. The study group consisted of 547 healthy individuals whose age between 10-18 years old. All subjects included in the study filled out the Sociodemographic Data Form, Children's Depression Inventory (CDI), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children Trait form (STAIC-T) and Test of Self-Concious Affect for Adolescences. After the collection of the scales TOSCA-A was admistered again 15 days later to 29 adolescents who were volunteer using the same nicknames. The data was analyzed with Mann-Whitney U test, Spearman’s Rho, Wilcoxon and Cronbach’s alfa. The internal consistency and test-retest reliability of the Test of Self-Conscious Affect For Adolescents (TOSCA-A) subscales were found to be high. In the construct validity of the test, the factor dimensions were found to be five sub-scale structures: shame, guilt, externalization-shame, externalization and detached. According to the present study, we can say that TOSCA has acceptable psychometric properties and can be used in clinical practice and research conducted in Turkey.
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