Turkish adaptation study of parental autonomy support scale

The aim of this study was to adapt the Parental Autonomy Support Scale which developed by Soenens et al. (2007) into Turkish and make validity and reliability analyzes of the scale. In this study, Promotion of Volitional Functioning versus Promotion of Independence were conceptualized and used as two sub-scales in the scale and, the suitability to Turkish culture was examined. The study group of the research consisted of 438 students aged from 14 to 18 who studying at various high schools in Istanbul. Turkish translation of the scale (English-Turkish, Turkish-English) was made by providing language equivalence with the participation of twelve people including bilingual people, English teachers and psychologists. Confirmatory factor analysis was applied to examine the construct validity and factor structure of the Parental Autonomy Support Scale. Cronbach's Alpha and Guttman Split-Half coefficients were examined for reliability analyzes of the Promotion of Volitional Functioning and Promotion of Independence factors and in order of .80 and .79; .65 and .60 coefficients were obtained. Cronbach's Alpha and Guttman Split-Half coefficients of the scale were .80 and .63. In addition, Promotion of Independence and Promotion of Volitional Functioning which are subscales of this research were claimed that significantly related (r= .65).