Democratic Citizenship Attitude Scale: A Validity and Reliability Study

Cengiz YILDIRIM; Adil TÜRKOĞLU

doi:https://doi.org/10.14812/cuefd.303672

Article Details

Democratic Citizenship Attitude Scale: A Validity and Reliability Study

Authors:

Cengiz YILDIRIM | Adil TÜRKOĞLU

Publisher:

Cukurova University

Main Topics:

Education

Journal:

Cukurova University Faculty of Education Journal 2017 Vol.46 Issue 2, pp.649-664

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

10/2017

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000938312

Frequency:

Tri-annual

eISSN:

2149-116X

pISSN:

1302-9967

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14812/cuefd.303672

Abstract:

 


The
aim of this study is to develop a scale with validity and reliability in order
to measure the democratic citizenship attitudes of secondary school students.
59 item were identified in the direction of data obtained from student
interviews, teacher interviews and literature review and reduced to 45 items
with expert opinions. The created test form was applied to 374 students who
attended a secondary school in Aydin, Turkey. As a result of the explanatory
factor analysis (EFA), a structure consisting of six factor and 29 items was
obtained: culture of democracy (CD), democratic participation (DP), duties and
responsibilities (DR), democratic rights and equality (DRE), values of
citizenship (VC), and global citizenship (GC). The model fit indices examined
in the Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) confirmed the EFA results. The
significance of the differences between the 27% lower and upper groups was
evidence that the scale was distinctive. Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient was
employed to determine if there was evidence that democratic citizenship
attitude scale (DCAS) and each subscale were internally consistent. Cronbach’s
Alpha varied between .60-.79 for DCAS sub-scales and was .78 for the total
score.

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Article Details

Democratic Citizenship Attitude Scale: A Validity and Reliability Study

Authors: Cengiz YILDIRIM | Adil TÜRKOĞLU

Publisher: Cukurova University

Main Topics: Education

Journal: Cukurova University Faculty of Education Journal 2017 Vol.46 Issue 2, pp.649-664

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 10/2017

Document Language: Turkish

Document ID (Org No.): 2000938312

Frequency: Tri-annual

eISSN: 2149-116X

pISSN: 1302-9967

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14812/cuefd.303672

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Authors:

Cengiz YILDIRIM | Adil TÜRKOĞLU

Publisher:

Cukurova University

Main Topics:

Education

Journal:

Cukurova University Faculty of Education Journal 2017 Vol.46 Issue 2, pp.649-664

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

10/2017

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000938312

Frequency:

Tri-annual

eISSN:

2149-116X

pISSN:

1302-9967

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14812/cuefd.303672