Abstract:

The aim of this study is to translate the Generative Altruism Scale into Turkish and to examine the psychometric properties of this form. The study was conducted with 386 students attending a secondary school and a high school in Istanbul. Confirmatory factor analysis and exploratory factor analysis were performed with the first research group (190 students) and confirmatory factor analysis and reliability analysis were performed with the second research group (196 students). Since the confirmatory factor analysis was performed in the first stage did not comply with the unidimensional factor structure of the scale, exploratory factor analysis was employed and a two-factor structure was obtained. The first of these was recorded as Intentional Generative Altruism, consisting of four items, and the second one as Unexpected Generative Altruism, which consisted of five items. The confirmatory factor analysis was performed to test this two-factor structure and the result showed that the indices of fit of the two-factor structure were acceptable. (𝑥2 / sd = 2.23, p <.001, RMSEA = .080, SRMR = .056, GFI = .94, CFI = .93, TLI = .91). For the reliability analysis, the internal consistency coefficient of Cronbach alpha was examined and the Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the first dimension was .75, the Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the second dimension was .76, and the Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the whole scale was .82. In addition, the item-total correlations of the scale were ​​between .47 and .62. According to these results, the scale was found to be a reliable and valid measurement tool.    

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