Abstract:

The aim of this research is to examine the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Tolerance for Disagreement Scale (Teven et al., 1998). Participants were 228 undergraduate students (115 female, 113 male) from Marmara and Kocaeli Universities. Results of confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated that this scale yielded one factor, as original form and that the model was well fit (?2= 167.07, df= 87, RMSEA= .064, RMR= .15, SRMR= .071, GFI= .91, AGFI= .88). The Cronbach’s alpha internal consistency coefficient of the scale was .67. Corrected item-total correlations ranged .05 to .51, and according to t-test results differences between each item’s means of upper 27% and lower 27% points were significant. Overall findings demonstrated that Thus Tolerance for Disagreement Scale had high validity and reliability scores and that it may be used as a valid and reliable instrument in order to tolerance for disagreement.

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