Abstract:

The aim of the present study is to evaluate psychometric properties of Muslim Religious Coping Scale (MRC) in Turkish sample. The sample was composed of 315 (28.9% male and 71.1% female) adult participants. In addition to MRC, Revised Religious Orientation Scale, and Religious Coping Scale were administered. The item analysis revealed one of the items do not work in Turkish population. The result of the confirmatory factor analysis supported the three factor structure for the MRC scale and the adjusted fix indexes in the results of the confirmatory factor analysis was at acceptable level. Reliability estimates by Cronbach alpha and Split half coefficients were quite high for MRC subscales and total. Finally, the MRC demonstrated good construct validity, showing statistically significant relationships with other scales; Religious Coping Scale and Revised Religious Orientation Scale. These findings suggest that the validity and reliability of MRC were satisfactory for the Turkish population.

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