The development of anxiety resources scale of school age children

The investigation was planned methodically to develop the scale of anxiety resources of which school age children with enuresis. The study was performed in Gaziantep Kocatepe Primary School (GKPS) and Gaziantep University Sahinbey Research Hospital (GUSRH) after taking the allowance written and spoken, between the dates May - September 2008. The sample of study was selected by using simple random sampling technique from GKPS and GUSRH. 120 school age children with enuresis and 200 healthy children joined the study. As a tool to collect data, the scale of anxiety resources of school age children with enuresis and a question name developed by the researcher conscious were used. To assess the data obtained from the study, NCSS 2007&PASS 2008 Statistical Software program was used for statistical analysis. To assess the investigation data, besides definitive statistical methods, Oneway Anova and two group averages of comparatives student t test were used. The questions at the scale developed were classified via factor analysis method. The results are at 95% confidence interval and p significance value is <0,05. Reliability and validity alpha coefficient of ?The scale of anxiety resources of school age children with enuresis? was evaluated as 0.96. The variance indicated by the factors which take place in the scale was evaluated 69.17 %. The findings obtained via investigation revealed that the scale of anxiety resources of the school age children with enuresis is valid and confidential, so it could be used for such purposes.Keywords: Anxiety, developing scale, enuresis, likert scale, school age.