The study of reliability and validity of paternal-infant attachment scale in Turkish society Baba- bebek bağlanma ölçeği’nin Türk toplumunda geçerlik ve güvenirliğinin incelenmesi

The research was done methodologically in order to determine the validity and reliability of Paternal-Infant Attachment Questionnaire used abroad, in case of adaption to Turkish society. The research sample consisted of 190 fathers who had 6-12 months old infant and live in Izmir/Bornova. The scale included three subdimensions and 19 items. First, in order to satisfy the language equivalence, the scale was translated into Turkish, and translated back again. After translations, necessary expression changes were done in direction of specialists’ opinions obtained, consequently omitted 1 items. Primarily, in order to determine the time-dependent invariance of the scale, the scale was applied to 20 individuals again 15 days after the first application and the concordance between first and second applications was analyzed with kappa concordance analysis. The data analysis was carried out with confirmatory factor analysis, validity was tested with item analysis and reliability was measured with Mcdonald omega (w) coefficient. The time-dependent invariance of the scale was found to be high with kappa concordance analysis (Kappa (κ)= 0.53-1.00). Confirmatory Factor Analysis affirmed that items were represented by three main factors as presumed in the original scale. Model fit indices were found to be X²=196.46, df= 128, X²/df= 1.53, GFI= 0.90, CFI= 0.91, RMSEA= 0.053, SRMR=0.067. Mcdonald (w) coefficient interval was between 0.52 and 0.80. Turkish version of Paternal Infant attachment Scale was approved to be a valid and reliable measurement tool for evaluating father-infant attachment. Ozet Arastirma, baba bebek baglanmasini olcmek amaciyla yurtdisinda gelistirilen Baba- Bebek Baglanma Olcegi’nin Turk toplumuna uyarlanarak gecerlik ve guvenirligini belirlemek amaciyla yapilmistir. Arastirmanin orneklemini Izmir ili Bornova ilcesinde yasayan, 6-12 aylik bebegi olan 190 baba olusturmustur. Olcegin uc alt boyutu ve 19 maddesi bulunmaktadir. Olcegin ilk olarak dil esdegerliliginin saglanmasi icin Turkceye cevirisi ve geri cevirisi yapilmistir. Ceviri isleminin ardindan uzman gorusleri alinmis ve uzmanlarin onerileri dogrultusunda gerekli duzeltmeler yapilmis, bir madde olcekten cikarilmistir. Olcegin zamana karsi degismezligini belirlemek icin birinci uygulamadan 15 gun sonra olcek 20 kisiye tekrar uygulanmis, iki uygulama arasindaki uyumlari kappa uyum analizi ile hesaplanmistir. Yapi gecerligini belirlemek icin dogrulayici faktor analizi(DFA) yapilmis, guvenirlik duzeyine iliskin kanitlar Mcdonald’in omega (w) katsayilari ile hesaplanmistir. Kappa analizi sonucu o lcegin zamana karsi degismezlik ozelligi yuksek bulunmustur (Kappa (κ)= 0.53- 1.00). DFA analizinde olcegin ozgun olcekte ongoruldugu gibi maddelerin uc faktor tarafindan temsil edildigi belirlenmistir. Model uyum indeksleri olan X²=196.46, df= 128, X²/df= 1.53, GFI= 0.90, CFI= 0.91, RMSEA= 0.053, SRMR=0.067 olarak elde edilmistir. Guvenirlik icin w katsayisi degerleri 0.52-0.80 arasindadir. Baba bebek baglanma olcegi babalarin bebeklerine baglanmalarini degerlendirebilecek gecerli ve guvenilir bir olcum aracidir.