The adaptation of psychological scales

Abstract

ABSTRACT. The exchange of knowledge and information is rapidly progressing and the intercultural interaction is gradually developing in these days. The psychological scales developed for a culture can also be used in different ones. Therefore, it must be answered that how appropriate in another culture the scale is?, how strong the psychometrics of scale (reliability and validity are)? and how accurately the scale reflects the psychological properties of new culture?. Adaptation is to translate the scale into another language and to search answers to these questions above.The aim of this study is to depict the adaptation process of psychological measurement scales, the projects of TIMMS, TIMMS-R, OECD/PISA, the reason of adaptation instead of developing a measurement scale, International Test Commision (ITC), ITC activities and test adaptation guide.Key Words: Adaptation, Psychological Scale, Instrument, Development, Construction steps, ITC, TIMSS-R, OECD/PISA SUMMARY Today, globalization and intercultural interaction are very important in economic, social and cultural fields. Moreover, these will be important in the future more than today, because interaction among people is gradually

The Adaptation of Antisocial Beliefs and Attitudes Scales: Case from Turkish Perspective

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“…The Antisocial Beliefs and Attitudes Scale, developed by Butler, Leschied, and Fearon [46] was designed to measure the antisocial beliefs and attitudes of children aged between 9 and 16, and is based on experimental literature related to childhood behavioral problems and juvenile crime, accordingly.…”

“…Having decided to adapt the original ABAS to the Turkish version as well as investigating the adaptation of the ABAS, permission was obtained from Butler, Leschied, and Fearon [46] via e-mail.…”

“…Studies that have examined gender differences in crime and antisocial behavior state that boys are more likely to get involved in such behaviors than girls [14,40,46,62,63,64]. A study that investigated gender differences, antisocial friends, and rejection of friends in the development of antisocial behavior [24] revealed that boys display higher levels of antisocial behaviors, have more antisocial friends, and are rejected more by peers compared to girls.…”

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