Client Motivation for Therapy Scale Adaptation to Turkish: Reliability and Validity Study Cover Image

Danışanlar İçin Terapi Motivasyonu Ölçeği’nin Türkçe Uyarlaması: Geçerlik ve Güvenirlik Çalışması
Client Motivation for Therapy Scale Adaptation to Turkish: Reliability and Validity Study

Author(s): Ömer Özer, Ahmet Altınok, Mustafa Kemal Yöntem, Ferhat Bayoğlu
Subject(s): Individual Psychology, Neuropsychology, Behaviorism
Published by: Çukurova Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Psikiyatri Anabilim Dalı
Keywords: Therapy; client; motivation; reliability; validity; scale;

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this study is to adapt Client Motivation for Therapy Scale to the Turkish. Study group of the research consisted of 109 undergraduate students studying in Anadolu and Gaziosmanpasa Universities, in academic year 2014-2015. After establishing language, the validity and reliability of the scale of analysis was examined. Item-factor structure has been tested for compliance with a model by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Based on this, five-factor structure of Motivation for Counseling/Therapy Scale has been validated. The coefficient of the total internal consistency is found to be .79. As a result of the analysis for adaptation of Client Motivation for Therapy Scale to Turkish, it can be said that the scale is a reliable and valid measurement tool. It is suggested that studies on reliability and validity of Client Motivation for Therapy Scale on other samples can be conducted in future researches.

  • Issue Year: 9/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 13-30
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Turkish
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