Abstract:

The aim of this study is to examine the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Fan Psychological Commitment Scale (FPCS) developed by Matsuoka (2001). The study was carried out on 462 university students in Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University during 2016-2017 academic year. For the validity of the scale, confirmatory factor analysis and for the reliability, cronbach Alpha internal consistency coefficients were calculated. The model which has six dimensions (personal identity, emotional commitment, resource cost, psychological cost, social necessity and regional commitment) and 30 items has been seen to fit well with the confirmatory factor analysis for construct validity of the scale (x² = 933,737, sd = 390, RMSEA = .055, CFI = .908, TLI = .898, SRMR = .055). Internal consistency reliability coefficients of the scale were .86 for the personal identity subscale; .84 for the emotional commitment subscale; .78 for the resource cost subscale; .89 for the psychological cost subscale; .81 for the social necessity subscale; .87 for the regional commitment subscale and .93 for the whole scale. Corrected item total correlation coefficients of the scale ranged from .33 to .69. According to these findings, it can be said that the Turkish form of the Fan Psychological Commitment Scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool.

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