Social-Emotional Educational Leadership: A Study of Scale Adaptation

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to adapt Social-Emotional Educational Leadership
 (SEL) scale into the Turkish language. The research was implemented on the
 286 primary and secondary school teachers. The one-dimensional model which
 was consisted of 29 items was found coherent in the confirmatory factor
 analysis. In the adaptation study of Social-Emotional Education Leadership
 Scale, firstly language adaptation was done and then validity and reliability
 studies were conducted. Internal consistency, item and factor analysis studies
 were conducted to examine psychometric features of the scale. In terms of
 statistical validity and reliability of Social-emotional Leadership Scale,
 Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA)
 and Cronbach’s Alpha techniques were utilized. The result of reliability analysis
 was .98, and the scale was found reliable. Confirmatory factor analysis’ results
 show that scale’s original one-dimensional model was appropriate for the
 Turkish sample (x²=1231.19, df=377, p=.0000, χ2/df=3.26, RMSEA=.08,
 NFI=.98, NNFI=.99, CFI=.99, IFI=.99, SRMR=.03, GFI=.77, AGFI=.74). In this
 case, the scale is considered as a reliable and valid instrument in terms of
 measuring social-emotional educational leadership degree in the education
 process of education leaders in Turkey.