Adaptation of Family Efficacy Scales to Turkish, Validity and Reliability

Abstract

In this study, the adaptation of the Family Efficacy Scales developed by Caprara, Regalia, Scabini, Barbaranelli and Bandura (2004) to Turkish was done. The sample of the study consists of a total of 375 person, including 125 adolescents in high school and their parents. The family competence scale consists of four forms. Data from the Filial, Marital, Parental, and Collective Family Scales were analyzed using SPSS 23 and AMOS schedules. Explanatory factor analysis (AFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (DFA) were used as methods. According to the results of AFA, filial’s form is four-dimensional, marital form is two-dimensional, parental form is two-dimensional and collective family efficacy form is three-dimensional. Only a substance with a low substance load in the parental form has been removed. As a result, there are items 16 filial form, 12 marital form, 11 parental form and 20 collective family form, which are applicable for Turkish family structure. According to DFA results, compliance indices are significant. The high scores obtained from the scales indicate that the self-efficacy of the relevant role is high, while the low scores indicate that the self-efficacy of the relevant role is low.