Abstract:

Determining how people differ from each other is form one of important point of interest in psychology. The distinctive feature of individuals, which makes them different from other individuals, constitutes its personality. The aim of this study is to adapt the big five personality traits scale to Turkish culture developed by Rammstedt and John (2007) to measures big five personality traits. The research was conducted with three different groups for translation and back translation, linguistic equivalence, and validity-reliability studies. In first study, translation and back translation stage, four expert teaching staffs from department of counseling and guidance who are good at English and have studied on personality were selected. The second study involved 31 students studying English language teaching for linguistic equivalence. For third study, 208 high school students were selected to analyze the factorial and construct validity of the scale. The findings obtained from the linguistic equivalence study of the scale showed that the Turkish and English original forms of the scale were highly correlated. The results of the exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, construct validity, and the reliability of the scale showed that the scale is a reliable measurement tool in Turkish culture.

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