Abstract:

The aim of this study is to adapt the “Emotional Manipulation” which is the subscale of the “Emotional Manipulation” scale developed by Austin et al. (2007) used by Grieve and Mahar (2010), Grieve (2011), Grieve and Panebianco (2013), Hyde and Grieve (2014) and Nagler et al. (2014) into Turkish and examine validity and reliability of the scale. The sample of the study consists of 141 employees from different occupational groups (officeholder, teacher, academician, private sector employee) determined by convenience sampling method. Frequency analysis, reliability analysis, explanatory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were used for data analysis. The Cronbach’s Alpha value of the scale was calculated as α = 0.926. According to the explanatory factor analysis (EFA), the scale was one-dimensional. According to the results of the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to test the construct validity of the scale, the obtained values confirm the one-dimensional structure and goodness of fit values were found to be good and acceptable. As a result, the Turkish version of the emotional manipulation scale was found to be valid and reliable according to the data collected from the relevant sample group.