Abstract
The purpose of this study was to adapt the Turkish version of GSE scale developed by Schwarzer Jerusalem 1995 which were adapted into more than twenty five languages The study conducted on a total of 693 students from three Universities The GSE translated into Turkish using translation back translation method For the construct validity principal components analysis with varimax rotation was used As a result of the factor analysis a two factor structure with eigenvalues higher than 1 emerged In order to check criterion validity of GSE Coping with Stress Scale and Rosenberg s Self Esteem Scale were used Alpha internal consistencies for the two factors were found between 79 and 63 respectively The overall alpha internal consistency of the GSE was found 83 Test retest reliability scales was found to be r= 80 p
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