The Adaptation of School Anxiety Scale-Teacher Report: Validity and Reliability Study
Abstract
The aim of this research is to adapt the School Anxiety Scale- Teacher Report (Lyneham,
Street, Abbott, & Rapee, 2008) to Turkish and to examine its psychometric properties.
Participants were total 178 primary school teachers 102 (57.30%) were female, 76 (42.70%)
were male who formed an estimate of 356 primary school students in Turkey. The validity
and reliability of scale was investigated by split half test, Cronbach alpha, and confirmatory
factor analysis. Results confirmatory factor analyses demonstrated that 16 items yielded two
factor as original form and that the two-dimensional model was well fit (χ²/df=1.72,
RMSEA= .044, CFI= .94, GFI= .93, RFI= .95, AGFI= .93, SRMR= .046). Cronbach alpha
internal consistency coefficient was found as .93 for whole scale, .87 for sub-dimension of
general anxiety, .93 for sub-dimension of social anxiety. Spearman-brown formula split-half
reliability coefficient was .88 for whole scale. Corrected item-total correlations ranged from
.49 to .78. As a result, it is possible to say that the School Anxiety Scale-Teacher Report is a
valid and reliable measurement tool to be used for the purpose of measuring school anxiety
levels of primary school students. It would be possible and important analyze the
psychometric characteristics, the factor structure of the scale using in different samples, testretest
reliability and concurrent validity in further studies.
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Details
Primary Language
Turkish
Subjects
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Journal Section
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Authors
Hakan Sarıçam
DUMLUPINAR ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Türkiye
Kamerşah Çetintaş
DUMLUPINAR ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Türkiye
Publication Date
June 1, 2015
Submission Date
June 1, 2015
Acceptance Date
May 15, 2015
Published in Issue
Year 2015 Volume: 4 Number: 2