The Validity and Reliability of the Turkish Version of the Perception of False Self Scale

Abstract

The aim of this research is to examine the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Perception of False Self Scale (POFSS; Weir & Jose, 2010). Participants were 391 high school students (169 were female and 222 were male). The results of confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the two dimensional model (False Self, Social Concern) was well fitted and Chi- Square value (x2=188. 66, df=101, p=0. 00) which was calculated for the adaptation of the model was found to be significant. The goodness of fit index values of the model were RMSEA=. 047, CFI=. 94, IFI=. 94, GFI=. 94, and SRMR=. 051. The overall internal consistency coefficient of the scale was .75. The corrected item-total correlations of POFSS ranged from .18 to .49. Overall findings demonstrated that this scale had high validity and reliability scores and that it may be used as a valid and reliable instrument in order to assess false self perceptions levels of adolescents.