Determining Attitudes Towards Conspiracy Theories Related to Earthquake: A Scale Development Study

Yalçın Karagöz; Yusuf Karaşin; Mustafa Filiz

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Determining Attitudes Towards Conspiracy Theories Related to Earthquake: A Scale Development Study

Yazarlar:

Yalçın Karagöz | Yusuf Karaşin | Mustafa Filiz

Yayıncı:

Hitit University

Ana Başlıklar:

Politika ve Yönetim (Diğer)

Dergi:

Hitit Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.17 Issue 3, pp.502-516

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2024

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001331349

pISSN:

2757-7449

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Özet:

 The aim of this study is to develop a psychometric measurement tool that evaluates societys attitude towards conspiracy theories about the earthquake. For this purpose, 369 people who were indirectly or directly affected by the earthquakes centered in Kahramanmaraş on 06.02.2023 were included in the scope of the study. Data were collected from the participants through a data collection tool that included a scale consisting of a total of 20 items and a survey for demographic information. When the participants were considered in terms of demographic data, it was determined that 245 of the 369 participants were female 66.4 and 124 were male 33.6. In terms of age, it was determined that the most participants were between the ages of 18-22 n: 181, 49.1. When the participants were examined in terms of education level, it was determined that most participants had an education level of college or below n: 170, 46.1. After the data was collected, it was subjected to explanatory and confirmatory factor analysis. Explanatory factor analysis was conducted with IBM SPSS, and confirmatory factor analysis was conducted with IBM AMOS package program. As a result of exploratory factor analysis, 2 factors containing 20 statements were found. The factors were named artificial method and international forces in a way that best explains the statements collected under them. The artificial method factor consists of 5 expressions and the international forces factor consists of 15 expressions. The explained variance ratio of the scale developed within the scope of the study is 70.736 70.736. In addition, a statistically significant result was obtained since the result of the Bartlett test was determined as p  0.05. Confirmatory factor analysis was applied to the data to confirm the structure obtained as a result of exploratory factor analysis. When the model fit indices CMINdf χ2sd: 3.17, NFI: 0.915, IFI:0.935, CFI: 0.935, TLI:0.927, AGFI: 0.921, SRMR: 0.0454 of the model obtained as a result of the analysis were examined, it was found to be a perfect fit. In addition, the sub-factors artificial method and international powers provide model fit in terms of AVE Artificial method AVE value: 0.53, international powers AVE value: 0.70 and CR Artificial method CR value: 0.71, international powers CR value: 0.95 values. This shows that the scale developed by exploratory factor analysis was also confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis. The Cronbach α coefficient of the developed scale for 20 statements was calculated as 0.970 artificial method: 0.816, international powers: 0.974 and it was concluded that it was highly reliable. As a result, it was decided that the developed scale could be used to determine conspiracy theory attitudes towards the earthquake. It is predicted that there is a high probability of believing in earthquake conspiracy theories due to the possibility of triggering an earthquake. In this study, a scale was developed for thoughts that bring this possibility to the fore. The fact that no earthquake conspiracy scale has been found in the literature reveals the originality of the developed scale.

 The aim of this study is to develop a psychometric measurement tool that evaluates societys attitude towards conspiracy theories about the earthquake. For this purpose, 369 people who were indirectly or directly affected by the earthquakes centered in Kahramanmaraş on 06.02.2023 were included in the scope of the study. Data were collected from the participants through a data collection tool that included a scale consisting of a total of 20 items and a survey for demographic information. When the participants were considered in terms of demographic data, it was determined that 245 of the 369 participants were female 66.4 and 124 were male 33.6. In terms of age, it was determined that the most participants were between the ages of 18-22 n: 181, 49.1. When the participants were examined in terms of education level, it was determined that most participants had an education level of college or below n: 170, 46.1. After the data was collected, it was subjected to explanatory and confirmatory factor analysis. Explanatory factor analysis was conducted with IBM SPSS, and confirmatory factor analysis was conducted with IBM AMOS package program. As a result of exploratory factor analysis, 2 factors containing 20 statements were found. The factors were named artificial method and international forces in a way that best explains the statements collected under them. The artificial method factor consists of 5 expressions and the international forces factor consists of 15 expressions. The explained variance ratio of the scale developed within the scope of the study is 70.736 70.736. In addition, a statistically significant result was obtained since the result of the Bartlett test was determined as p  0.05. Confirmatory factor analysis was applied to the data to confirm the structure obtained as a result of exploratory factor analysis. When the model fit indices CMINdf χ2sd: 3.17, NFI: 0.915, IFI:0.935, CFI: 0.935, TLI:0.927, AGFI: 0.921, SRMR: 0.0454 of the model obtained as a result of the analysis were examined, it was found to be a perfect fit. In addition, the sub-factors artificial method and international powers provide model fit in terms of AVE Artificial method AVE value: 0.53, international powers AVE value: 0.70 and CR Artificial method CR value: 0.71, international powers CR value: 0.95 values. This shows that the scale developed by exploratory factor analysis was also confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis. The Cronbach α coefficient of the developed scale for 20 statements was calculated as 0.970 artificial method: 0.816, international powers: 0.974 and it was concluded that it was highly reliable. As a result, it was decided that the developed scale could be used to determine conspiracy theory attitudes towards the earthquake. It is predicted that there is a high probability of believing in earthquake conspiracy theories due to the possibility of triggering an earthquake. In this study, a scale was developed for thoughts that bring this possibility to the fore. The fact that no earthquake conspiracy scale has been found in the literature reveals the originality of the developed scale.

 The aim of this study is to develop a psychometric measurement tool that evaluates societys attitude towards conspiracy theories about the earthquake. For this purpose, 369 people who were indirectly or directly affected by the earthquakes centered in Kahramanmaraş on 06.02.2023 were included in the scope of the study. Data were collected from the participants through a data collection tool that included a scale consisting of a total of 20 items and a survey for demographic information. When the participants were considered in terms of demographic data, it was determined that 245 of the 369 participants were female 66.4 and 124 were male 33.6. In terms of age, it was determined that the most participants were between the ages of 18-22 n: 181, 49.1. When the participants were examined in terms of education level, it was determined that most participants had an education level of college or below n: 170, 46.1. After the data was collected, it was subjected to explanatory and confirmatory factor analysis. Explanatory factor analysis was conducted with IBM SPSS, and confirmatory factor analysis was conducted with IBM AMOS package program. As a result of exploratory factor analysis, 2 factors containing 20 statements were found. The factors were named artificial method and international forces in a way that best explains the statements collected under them. The artificial method factor consists of 5 expressions and the international forces factor consists of 15 expressions. The explained variance ratio of the scale developed within the scope of the study is 70.736 70.736. In addition, a statistically significant result was obtained since the result of the Bartlett test was determined as p  0.05. Confirmatory factor analysis was applied to the data to confirm the structure obtained as a result of exploratory factor analysis. When the model fit indices CMINdf χ2sd: 3.17, NFI: 0.915, IFI:0.935, CFI: 0.935, TLI:0.927, AGFI: 0.921, SRMR: 0.0454 of the model obtained as a result of the analysis were examined, it was found to be a perfect fit. In addition, the sub-factors artificial method and international powers provide model fit in terms of AVE Artificial method AVE value: 0.53, international powers AVE value: 0.70 and CR Artificial method CR value: 0.71, international powers CR value: 0.95 values. This shows that the scale developed by exploratory factor analysis was also confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis. The Cronbach α coefficient of the developed scale for 20 statements was calculated as 0.970 artificial method: 0.816, international powers: 0.974 and it was concluded that it was highly reliable. As a result, it was decided that the developed scale could be used to determine conspiracy theory attitudes towards the earthquake. It is predicted that there is a high probability of believing in earthquake conspiracy theories due to the possibility of triggering an earthquake. In this study, a scale was developed for thoughts that bring this possibility to the fore. The fact that no earthquake conspiracy scale has been found in the literature reveals the originality of the developed scale.

 Bu çalışmanın amacı, depreme yönelik geliştirilen komplo teorileri ile ilgili toplumun tutumunu değerlendiren bir psikometrik ölçüm aracı geliştirmektir. Bu amaç doğrultusunda 06.02.2023 tarihinde Kahramanmaraş merkezli depremlerden, dolaylı veya doğrudan etkilenen 369 kişi çalışma kapsamına dâhil edilmiştir. Katılımcılardan toplam 20 maddeden oluşan bir ölçek ve demografik bilgilere yönelik anketi içeren bir veri toplama aracı yoluyla veriler toplanmıştır. Katılımcılar demografik veriler açısından ele alındığında 369 katılımcının 245inin kadın 66.4, 124ünün erkek 33.6 olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Yaş açısından en çok katılımcının 18-22 yaş n:181, 49.1 aralığında olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Katılımcılar eğitim seviyesi açısından incelendiğinde ise en çok katılımcının Yüksekokul ve altındaki n:170, 46,1 bir eğitim seviyesine sahip olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Veriler toplandıktan sonra açıklayıcı ve doğrulayıcı faktör analizine tabii tutulmuştur. Açıklayıcı faktör analizi IBM SPSS, doğrulayıcı faktör analizi ise IBM AMOS paket programıyla gerçekleştirilmiştir. Açıklayıcı faktör analizi sonucunda 20 ifadeyi içeren 2 faktör bulunmuştur. Faktörlere altında toplanan ifadeleri en iyi açıklayacak şekilde yapay yöntem ve uluslararası güçler isimleri verilmiştir. Yapay yöntem faktörü 5, uluslararası güçler faktörü ise 15 ifadeden oluşmaktadır. Çalışma kapsamında geliştirilen ölçeğin açıklanan varyans oranı 70.736 70.736dır. Ayrıca Bartlett testinin sonucu p0,05 olarak tespit edildiği için istatistiki olarak anlamlı bir sonuç elde edilmiştir. Açıklayıcı faktör analizi sonucunda elde edilen yapının teyit edilmesi için verilere doğrulayıcı faktör analizi uygulanmıştır. Yapılan analiz sonucunda elde edilen modelin model uyum indeksleri CMINdf χ2sd: 3.17, NFI: 0.915, IFI:0.935, CFI: 0.935, TLI:0.927, AGFI: 0.921, SRMR: 0.0454 incelendiğinde mükemmel derecede uyum sağladığı belirlenmiştir. Ayrıca alt faktörler yapay yöntem ve uluslararası güçler AVE Yapay yöntem AVE değeri:0.53, uluslararası güçler AVE değeri: 0.70 ve CR Yapay yöntem CR değeri:0.71, uluslararası güçler CR değeri: 0.95 değerleri açısından da model uyumunu sağlamaktadır. Bu durum, açıklayıcı faktör analizi ile geliştirilen ölçeğin doğrulayıcı faktör analizi ile de teyit edildiğini göstermektedir. Geliştirilen ölçeğin 20 ifade için Cronbach α katsayısı 0.970 olarak yapay yöntem:0.816, uluslararası güçler: 0.974 hesaplanmış ve yüksek derecede güvenilir olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Sonuç olarak geliştirilen ölçeğin, depreme yönelik komplo teorisi tutumunu belirlemek için kullanılabileceğine karar verilmiştir. Depremin tetiklenme ihtimalinden dolayı depreme yönelik komplo teorilerine inanma olasılığının yüksek olduğu öngörülmektedir. Bu çalışmada bu ihtimali öne alan düşüncelere yönelik ölçek geliştirilmiştir. Literatürde depreme yönelik bir komplo ölçeğine rastlanmamış olması, geliştirilen ölçeğin özgünlüğünü ortaya koymaktadır.

Makale detayları

Determining Attitudes Towards Conspiracy Theories Related to Earthquake: A Scale Development Study

Yazarlar:

Yalçın Karagöz | Yusuf Karaşin | Mustafa Filiz

Yayıncı:

Hitit University

Ana Başlıklar:

Politika ve Yönetim (Diğer)

Dergi:

Hitit Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.17 Issue 3, pp.502-516

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2024

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001331349

pISSN:

2757-7449

Artificial Earthquake

Conspiracy Theories

HAARP

Kahramanmaras Earthquake

International Forces.Yapay Deprem

Komplo Teorileri

HAARP

Kahramanmaraş Depremi

Uluslararası Güçler

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Yalçın Karagöz | Yusuf Karaşin | Mustafa Filiz

Yayıncı: Hitit University

Ana Başlıklar: Politika ve Yönetim (Diğer)

Dergi: Hitit Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.17 Issue 3, pp.502-516

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 12/2024

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001331349

pISSN: 2757-7449

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Yalçın Karagöz | Yusuf Karaşin | Mustafa Filiz

Yayıncı:

Hitit University

Ana Başlıklar:

Politika ve Yönetim (Diğer)

Dergi:

Hitit Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.17 Issue 3, pp.502-516

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2024

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001331349

pISSN:

2757-7449