Leisure Attitude Scale Short Form (LAS-SF): Turkish Validity and Reliability Study

Year 2023, Volume: 1 Issue: 1, 27 - 39, 28.04.2023

Levent Önal , Fatih Bedir

Abstract

In the study, it was aimed to conduct the Turkish validity and reliability study of the 18-item short form of the "Leisure Attitude Scale" developed by Ragheb and Beard (1982) with 36 items, revised and prepared by Teixeira and Freire in 2013. The form was designed to measure young adults' attitudes towards leisure time. It is thought that the number of items being less than the original scale (18 items) will contribute to the Turkish literature in terms of ease of use. This is a methodological study in which the Turkish reliability and validity study of the Leisure Attitude Scale Short Form was conducted. Considering the emphasis on high school and university students in the original scale study, the adaptation study was conducted on a sample that had the same experience in a different culture. Data were collected from a total of 221 participants, and the scale answers of 31 participants, which were thought to be incomplete or erroneous, were not included in the evaluation. At the stage of construct validity, explanatory factor analysis was used to determine the characteristics of the factor structure, and confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to understand whether the 3-factor structure resulting from EFA was in good agreement with the sample data. It has been determined that the Leisure Attitude Scale-Short Form (LAS-SF) can be used as a valid-reliable scale in determining the leisure time attitudes of young adult individuals. A high total score in the application of the scale indicates that individuals have high leisure time attitudes, and low scores indicate low attitudes.

Keywords

Leisure, Attitude, Scale

Serbest Zaman Tutum Ölçeği Kısa Formu (SZTÖ-KF): Türkçe Geçerlik ve Güvenirlik Çalışması

Abstract

Çalışmada Ragheb ve Beard (1982) tarafından geliştirilmiş olan “Serbest Zaman Tutum Ölçeği”nin (36 Madde), 2013 yılında Teixeira ve Freire tarafından revize edilerek hazırlanan kısa formunun (18 Madde) Türkçe geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışmasının yapılması amaçlanmıştır. Çalışma Serbest Zaman Tutum Ölçeği Kısa Formunun Türkçe güvenilirlik ve geçerlilik çalışmasının yapıldığı metodolojik bir araştırmadır. Form genç yetişkinlerin serbest zamana karşı tutumlarını değerlendirici nitelikte tasarlanmıştır. Madde sayısının orijinal ölçeğe göre daha az sayıda olması (18 madde) kullanım kolaylığı açısından Türkçe literatüre katkı saylayacağı düşünülmektedir. Orijinal ölçek çalışmasında, lise ve üniversite öğrencileri vurgusu dikkate alınarak uyarlama çalışmasında farklı bir kültürde aynı deneyime sahip olan örneklem üzerinden çalışma yürütülmüştür. Toplam 221 katılımcıdan veri toplanmış, eksik ya da hatalı olduğu düşünülen 31 katılımcıya ait ölçek cevapları değerlendirilmeye dâhil edilmemiştir. Faktör yapısının özelliklerini tespit etmek amacıyla açıklayıcı faktör analizi ve bunun sonucu ortaya çıkan üç faktörlü yapının örneklem verisine iyi uyum gösterip göstermediğini anlamak amacıyla da doğrulayıcı faktör analizi uygulanmıştır. Serbest Zaman Tutum Ölçeği – Kısa Formu’nun (SZTÖ-KF) genç yetişkin bireylerin serbest zaman tutumlarının belirlenmesinde geçerli-güvenilir bir ölçek olarak kullanılabileceği belirlenmiştir. Ölçeğin uygulanmasında bireylerin aldığı toplam puanın yüksek olması bireylerin serbest zaman tutumlarının yüksek olduğunu, düşük puanın ise tutumlarının düşük olduğunu göstermektedir.

Keywords

Serbest Zaman, Tutum, Ölçek

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