Abstract:

In this research, it was aimed to develop a “Digital Security Self-Efficacy Inventory” consisting of subscales to determine the digital security self-efficacy levels of secondary school seventh grade students. First of all, the Social Studies Course curriculum, Information Technologies and Software Course curriculum and related field literature were scanned and the topics of the 5 sub-scales were determined and article pools were created. The substance pools prepared in five likert types were presented to the expert opinion and the necessary arrangements were made. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) were performed for the validity and reliability studies of the five subscales included in the inventory. A total of 1174 secondary school seventh grade students made up the study group. As a result of the EFA, 5 items were removed from the technical subscale, and the total explained variance of the two-factor structure consisting of 15 items is 32.86%. Psychosocial sub-40,33 percent of the total variance in the scale that explains the 8-point one-factor structure, online shopping sub-5 percent of the total variance in the scale that explains 49,79-item, single-factor structure, rights and responsibilities of the sub-44,32 percent of the total variance in the scale that explains a 7-point single-factor structure and health sub-scale of the total variance in 49,81 5%, which explained the single-point-Factor Structure demonstrated. The structure is confirmed by looking at the model fit indices of the subscales in the CFA. In order to test the reliability, Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficients were examined and calculated as 0.85 on the technical sub-scale, 0.77 on the psychosocial sub-scale, 0.78 on the online shopping sub-scale, 0.78 on the rights and responsibilities sub-scale, and 0.75 on the health sub-scale. According to the results of the analyzes carried out, it has been proven that the sub-scales included in the Digital Security Self-Efficacy Inventory are a valid and reliable measurement tool.

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