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Active citizenship self-efficacy scale: A reliability and validity studyAktif yurttaslik öz-yeterlik ölçegi: Bir geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalismasi

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The aim of this study is to develop a scale that measures active citizenship self-efficacy. Because self-efficacy identifies a person’s perceived beliefs towards his or her capacity and ability to succeed a task, it has a motivational and causative role in one’s possible acts or behaviors. For his reason, measuring active citizenship behaviors through self-efficacy is of special importance for understanding citizenry behaviors. The study explores the development of the Active Citizenship Self-Efficacy Scale (ACSES) and its psychometric properties. Participants consist of 414 university students, of which 326 were female and 88 were male. The validity of the scale was tested via explanatory and confirmatory factor analysis. The results for explanatory factor analysis with principal component solution indicated three factor structure that explains 57,17 percent of the total variance. Since the chi square test indicated that our data was meaningful, we also conducted a confirmatory factor analysis and found the indices of goodness of fit as for RMSEA = .070, GFI = .90, CFI = .97, NFI =.95, RFI = .95, AGFI = .87, IFI = .97 and NNFI = .96. These results from both explanatory and confirmatory factor analysis indicated that scale obtains construct validity criterion. The Cronbach alphas’ of the ACSES for the total 18 items and subdomains were found .90, and .84, .82, and .86 respectively. Since the determination of citizens’ self-efficacy level can in part reflect the results of citizenship education and practices we believe that this scale has a potential use in citizenship studies.Extended English abstract is in the end of PDF (TURKISH) file. ÖzetBu çalismanin amaci aktif yurttaslik öz yeterligi ile ilgili bir ölçme araci gelistirmektir. Öz-yeterlik kisinin bir isi basarmada kendi kendisine yönelik algi inancini yansittigi için olasi davranislar üzerine nedensel ve motivasyonel bir etkiye sahiptir. Bu nedenle, aktif yurttaslik davranislarini öz-yeterlik araciligiyla ölçmek yurttaslik davranislarini anlamada önemlidir. Çalismada Aktif Yurttaslik Öz-yeterlik Ölçegi (AYÖYÖ) gelistirilerek psikometrik özellikleri tanitilmistir. Ölçek, 18 soru ve üç boyuttan meydana gelen bir ölçme aracidir. Arastirmanin katilimcilari 326’si kadin; 88’i erkek olmak üzere 414 üniversite ögrencisidir.  Elde edilen verilere açiklayici ve dogrulayici faktör analizi yapilarak ölçegin geçerliligi test edilmistir. Açiklayici faktör analizinde ölçegin üç faktörlü yapisinin toplam varyansi açiklama oraninin % 57,17 oldugu görülmüstür. Dogrulayici faktör analizinde ki-kare degeri anlamli bulunmustur; uyum indeksleri ise RMSEA = .070, GFI = .90, CFI = .97, NFI =.95, RFI = .95, AGFI = .87, IFI = .97 ve NNFI = .96 olarak tespit edilmistir. Bu sonuçlar, ölçegin yapi geçerliginin sagladigini göstermektedir. AYÖYÖ’nin tüm maddeler için Cronbach alpha güvenirlik katsayisi .90, alt boyutlar için ise .84, .82. ve .86  olarak tespit edilmistir. Yurttaslarin öz-yeterlik düzeylerinin tespit edilmesi yurttaslik egitimi ve uygulamalarinin sonuçlarini görme açisindan önemli oldugundan bu ölçme aracinin yurttaslik arastirmalarinda yaygin kullanim potansiyeline sahip oldugunu düsünüyoruz.

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