Focusing on the Past, Present, and Future: Psychometric Properties of the Temporal Focus Scale in Turkish Culture

Year 2021, Issue: 52, 44 - 57, 31.12.2021

Ümüt Arslan , Burcu Bayraktar

https://doi.org/10.53444/deubefd.812331

Cited By: 2

Abstract

Temporal Focus Scale (TFS) is developed by Shipp, Edwards, and Lambert (2009) to explain how thinking past experiences, living in present and future prospects affect people’s lives. The aim of this study to adapt TFS for the Turkish emerging adults (n=330). The validity and reliability of the TFS was evaluated with several methods. Correlation coefficients with Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, and Satisfaction with Life Scale are used to measure discriminant and concurrent validity of TFS scale. Confirmatory factor analysis, goodness of fit indexes, and the internal consistency coefficients calculation for the subscales (past, current, and future) were found to be sufficient, the three-factor model was confirmed, and concurrent and discriminant validity analyses supports the TFS’s adaptability into Turkish culture and language. The implication of this study in the counseling and education field is discussed.

Keywords

Temporal Focus Scale, Mindfulness, Reliability, Validity, Turkish, Scale Adaptation

Geçmişe, Bugüne ve Geleceğe Odaklanmak: Zaman Odağı Ölçeğinin Türk Kültüründeki Psikometrik Özellikleri

Abstract

Zaman Odağı Ölçeği (TFS), Shipp, Edwards ve Lambert (2009) tarafından geçmiş deneyimleri düşünmenin, şimdiki zamanda yaşamanın ve gelecekteki olasılıkların insanların yaşamlarını nasıl etkilediğini açıklamak için geliştirilmiştir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, TFS'yi Türk yetişkinler (n = 330) için uyarlamaktır. TFS ölçeğinin ayırt edici ve eşzamanlı geçerliliğini ölçmek için Bilinçli Farkındalık Ölçeği, Pozitif ve Negatif Duygu Ölçeği, ve Yaşamdan Memnuniyeti Ölçeği ile korelasyon katsayıları kullanılmıştır. Doğrulayıcı faktör analizi, uyum iyiliği indeksleri ve alt ölçekler için (geçmiş, şimdiki ve gelecek) iç tutarlılık katsayıları hesaplaması yeterli bulunmuş, üç faktörlü model doğrulanmıştır. Eşzamanlı ve ayırt edici geçerlilik analizleri, TFS'nin Türk kültürüne uyarlanabilirliğini desteklemektedir. Bu çalışmanın eğitim ve psikolojik danışmanlık alanına katkıları tartışılmıştır.

Keywords

Zaman Odağı Ölçeği, Bilinçli Farkındalık, Geçerlilik, Güvenilirlik, Türkiye, Ölçek Uyarlaması

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