Connectedness to nature scale for preschool children-parent assessment form: adaptation to turkish culture, validity and reliability study

In this study, the Turkish adaptation of the Connectedness to Nature Scale for Preschool Children-Parent Assessment Form was conducted to test its validity and reliability in Turkish culture. The participants of the study consisted of 299 children aged 60-72 months who were continuing preschool education in the province of Ağrı and the parents of these children. The "Demographic Information Form", "Connectedness to Nature Scale for Preschool Children-Parent Assessment Form", "Biophilia Scale for Children" and "Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire" prepared by the researcher were used as data collection tools in the study. Within the scope of the study, firstly, the Turkish translation and linguistic equivalence studies of the scale were conducted. Then, the validity and reliability studies of the scale were started. In the validity studies, content validity, construct validity, item analysis, convergent validity, divergent validity and discriminant analyses were conducted within the scope of internal validity. In the reliability studies, internal consistency coefficient examination of the total score and subscale scores of the scale and test-retest reliability analyses were conducted. Statistical analyses were conducted on the collected data within the scope of demographic variables and sub-problems of the research. As a result of the research, significant results were obtained regarding the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Connectedness to Nature Scale for Preschool Children-Parent Assesment Form. The research findings were discussed within the framework of the existing literature and suggestions based on the research results were developed.