Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to implement the linguistic equivalence, reliability and validity study of the Turkish version of the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory (IMI) “İçsel Güdülenme Envanteri (İGE)” developed by Ryan for the first time in 1982. In this research, data (N=320) has been collected from undergraduate students from different departments of two universities in Istanbul. In this research, for test-retest study has been conducted with 42 person from this sample. Other than this sample, the inventory has been applied to 40 university students in Kültür University were used for criterion validity. Factor Analyses and Correlation method were applied in accordance with the linguistic equivalence, reliability and validity study of the (İGE). In the first stage, began with the study of linguistic equivalence. In the reliability study, the same test was given to the same groups of students at two different times in order to determine the test-rest reliability of the “Paired Samples t-test” for the inventory was applied in order to determine whether there is any difference between two separate applications or not. Test-retest reliability coefficents of the İGE were calculated and it was found that there were significant correlations. In the Factor Analyses significant values were obtained too. In another dimension of construct validity (Internal Consistency Analyses) it was found that there were positive, significant correlations sub-test and total test. Finally, it was obtained that there was a significant correlation in the criterion validity analyse. İGE can measure the intrinsic motivation dimensions according to the results of the linguistic equivalence, reliability and validity study.

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