SOSYAL MOTİVASYON ANKETİ’NİN TÜRKÇEYE UYARLAMA ÇALIŞMASI

Abstract

Objective
 The aim of this study is to adapt the ‘Social Motivation
 Questionnaire’ into Turkish and to ensure its validity
 and reliability.
 Material and Method
 First of all, the questionnaire was translated from
 its English original to Turkish by two independent
 researchers with a good level of English. Then, it was
 translated back into English. The content validity of
 the questionnaire, which was provided with language
 compatibility in this way, in Turkish culture was
 examined on 18 participants. For the pilot application
 of the questionnaire that provided the content
 validity, individuals (n=137) who were in the waiting
 room of our hospital, were older than 18 years, from
 different age groups, and had the ability to read and
 write in Turkish. Participants' descriptive information
 form, EQ-5D general quality of life scale and social
 motivation questionnaire were administered face-toface.
 Results
 It was determined that the Turkish version of the
 questionnaire provided content validity, with the
 calculated I-CVI values in the range of 0.78-1.00
 and the S-CVI value being 0.93. One of the items
 (Item 8) of the 'emotion regulator' sub-dimension
 of the questionnaire was removed from the Turkish
 version of the questionnaire because it decreased the
 Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Other one (Item 2) was
 removed from the Turkish version of the questionnaire
 because overlapping by showing a shift to both subdimensions.
 Thus, it was seen that the Turkish version
 of the 6-item and 2 sub-dimension questionnaire
 with a Cronbach Alpha value of 0.693 provided the
 confirmatory factor analysis goodness-of-fit values.
 The total score of the questionnaire had a moderate
 correlation with the emotion regulation sub-dimension
 score (r=0.581) and a very high correlation (r=0.955)
 with the information seeking sub-dimension score.
 Conclusion
 The adaptation, validity and reliability of the Social
 Motivation Questionnaire into Turkish was ensured
 with a 6-item and 2 sub-dimension structure.