Turkish Adaptation of Romantic Relationship Sabotage Scale Validity and Reliability Study
Condition: Unrecognized Condition
Study type: Observational [Patient Registry]

Summary: 
      In this cross-sectional and relationship-seeking study, it was aimed to adapt the Romantic
      Relationship Sabotage Scale (T-RSS), developed by Racquel Peel, into Turkish, for the reasons
      why partners sabotage the relationship in romantic relationships.
    

Detailed description: 
      Semi-structured sociodemographic data form, Sabotage in Romantic Relations Questionnaire
      (RISA), Self-Sabotage Questionnaire, was given to the participants after the interview to be
      conducted by volunteers aged 18 and over and having a romantic relationship and a
      psychiatrist working at the Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital Mental
      Health and Diseases Service. The Perceived Romantic Relationship Quality Scale (SRS), the
      Perceived Romantic Relationship Quality Scale (ARIÖ), and the Attitudes Related to Love Scale
      (AİTÖ) will be given and they will be asked to fill in these forms. Participants will be
      divided into three study groups. The first study group will consist of at least 30 people for
      the Linguistic Equivalence Review of the scale. The second study group will consist of at
      least 30 people for the Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Equivalent Scale Validity and Cronbach
      Alpha Internal Consistency Reliability Coefficient Examination of the scale. The third study
      group will consist of at least 30 people for Test/Retest Reliability Analysis, and the same
      tests will be re-administered to the participants three weeks later. The selection of the
      sample will be made by simple random sampling method. The criteria given by Tabachnick and
      Fidell (2007) for factor analysis will be taken into account in determining the number of the
      research sample. According to these researchers, 300 people are evaluated as "good", 500
      people as "very good" and 1000 people as "excellent" for factor analysis.

      Back translation method will be used in the translation study of the Sabotage in Romantic
      Relations Questionnaire (RISA) (Brislin, 1970). First of all, the original form of the scale
      will be translated into Turkish by at least three experts with a doctorate degree in
      psychiatry and/or clinical psychology and at least three English language experts,
      independently of each other with a good level of English. The created form will be translated
      back into English by the researchers, a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist and two English
      Language experts. Both English and Turkish translations of the scale will be brought together
      by creating a "Language Validity Examination Form" (Seçer, 2015, p. 70) by the researchers.
      The Language Validity Examination Form will be compared by experts and evaluated in terms of
      translation suitability, and the final form of the scale will be decided by choosing the most
      appropriate items that reflect the theoretical structure better and are more linguistically
      understandable by majority vote.

      Analysis of study data will be done using SPSS for Windows 22.0 and AMOS 24.0 package
      programs. In statistical interpretations, p<.05 values will be considered significant at the
      95% confidence interval.
    

Intervention name(s): Adaptation of the Sabotage in Romantic Relationships Scale into Turkish and its validity and reliability analyzes
Intervention type(s): Other
Intervention description(s): Approval was obtained from the local ethics committee before starting the study. Permission was obtained from Racquel PEEL, who developed the scale. The scale was administered to 495 participants and they were informed about the study by a specialist psychiatrist. Language validity, construct validity and reliability analyzes of the scale were performed. The findings were discussed in the light of the literature.
Observational model: Other
Time perspective: Cross-Sectional
Sampling method: Non-Probability Sample
Study population: 
        Male and female volunteer participants who applied to the psychiatry clinic of the
        hospital, did not have any psychiatric disease and were in a romantic relationship.
      
Keywords: reliability; romantic relationship; sabotage; scale; validity