Family Life Satisfaction Scale—turkish Version: Psychometric Evaluation
My aim was to adapt the Family Life Satisfaction Scale, which was developed by Barraca, Yarto and Olea (2000), for use with a Turkish sample and to examine the adapted scale's reliability and validity. In Study 1, I administered the translated scale to 441 participants from a range
of age groups, and in Study 2 the finalized scale's reliability and validity were assessed with a separate sample (N = 506). Further, in Study 3, I examined the convergent validity of the FLSS by comparing it with the Satisfaction With Life Scale, in a sample of 436 Turkish students
in grades 9–12. The results of confirmatory factor analysis verified the scale's single-factor model, and exploratory factor analysis supported the single-dimension structure of the original scale. Tests for convergent validity yielded significant correlations between life satisfaction
and scale scores. Both internal consistency reliability and composite reliability were .95. Corrected item–total correlations ranged from .48 to .75. Thus, results of all analyses indicated that the Family Life Satisfaction Scale, as adapted, is valid and reliable for use with Turkish
samples.
Keywords: FAMILY LIFE SATISFACTION; FAMILY LIFE SATISFACTION SCALE; FAMILY RELATIONS; LIFE SATISFACTION; SCALE RELIABILITY; SCALE VALIDITY; TURKEY
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 May 2016
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