Testing the Psychometric Properties of the Turkish Version of the LGBT Community Connectedness Scale

Yusuf Barburoğlu; S. Burcu Özgülük Üçok; Eda Çürükvelioğlu Köksal; Yuvamathi Gandhi; Pamela J. Lannutti

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Testing the Psychometric Properties of the Turkish Version of the LGBT Community Connectedness Scale

Yazarlar:

Yusuf Barburoğlu | S. Burcu Özgülük Üçok | Eda Çürükvelioğlu Köksal | Yuvamathi Gandhi | Pamela J. Lannutti

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyal ve Kişilik Psikolojisi (Diğer)

Dergi:

Psikoloji Çalışmaları Vol.44 Issue 1, pp.106-124

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

4/2024

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001318735

pISSN:

1304-4680

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Özet:

 The feeling of belonging to a community that adopts a protective stance for the well-being of its members is an essential human need. It is well known that LGBTQ people experience more stress than other social groups because of discrimination, stigmatization, and self-stigmatization. Therefore, their connectedness to the LGBTQ community functions crucially in receiving social support. However, no study in Türkiye has yet comprehensively investigated the community connectedness of people identifying as LGBTQ. Thus, the current study adapted Frost and Meyers 2012 LGBT Community Connectedness Scale to Turkish. This scale was designed to measure the connectedness of LGBT individuals to the LGBT community. The present study also tested the scales psychometrics with a more wide-ranging sample of LGBTQ people by reaching out to a more inclusive group of participants queer, diverse sexual orientations, and gender identity experiences. The criterion and snowball sampling techniques were utilized to recruit four hundred and fifty participants. Confirmatory factor analyses confirmed the factor structure of the scale for this studys sample, displaying an 8-item and one-factor structure. The divergent and convergent validity of the LGBT Community Connectedness Scale was tested via the instruments associations with the Multidimensional Social Support Scale and Stress Subscale. The internal consistency coefficient of the scale was evaluated as Cronbach Alpha .90. Thus, the LGBT Community Connectedness Scale was found to be reliable and valid for administration to LGBTQ people living in Türkiye. The LGBT Community Connectedness Scale is a short, one-factor scale that is easily scored and applied. It is expected to improve research outcomes in Türkiye because it is the first measurement tool employed in the national literature to assess the community connectedness of LGBTQ people.

 The feeling of belonging to a community that adopts a protective stance for the well-being of its members is an essential human need. It is well known that LGBTQ people experience more stress than other social groups because of discrimination, stigmatization, and self-stigmatization. Therefore, their connectedness to the LGBTQ community functions crucially in receiving social support. However, no study in Türkiye has yet comprehensively investigated the community connectedness of people identifying as LGBTQ. Thus, the current study adapted Frost and Meyers 2012 LGBT Community Connectedness Scale to Turkish. This scale was designed to measure the connectedness of LGBT individuals to the LGBT community. The present study also tested the scales psychometrics with a more wide-ranging sample of LGBTQ people by reaching out to a more inclusive group of participants queer, diverse sexual orientations, and gender identity experiences. The criterion and snowball sampling techniques were utilized to recruit four hundred and fifty participants. Confirmatory factor analyses confirmed the factor structure of the scale for this studys sample, displaying an 8-item and one-factor structure. The divergent and convergent validity of the LGBT Community Connectedness Scale was tested via the instruments associations with the Multidimensional Social Support Scale and Stress Subscale. The internal consistency coefficient of the scale was evaluated as Cronbach Alpha .90. Thus, the LGBT Community Connectedness Scale was found to be reliable and valid for administration to LGBTQ people living in Türkiye. The LGBT Community Connectedness Scale is a short, one-factor scale that is easily scored and applied. It is expected to improve research outcomes in Türkiye because it is the first measurement tool employed in the national literature to assess the community connectedness of LGBTQ people.

 The feeling of belonging to a community that adopts a protective stance for the well-being of its members is an essential human need. It is well known that LGBTQ people experience more stress than other social groups because of discrimination, stigmatization, and self-stigmatization. Therefore, their connectedness to the LGBTQ community functions crucially in receiving social support. However, no study in Türkiye has yet comprehensively investigated the community connectedness of people identifying as LGBTQ. Thus, the current study adapted Frost and Meyers 2012 LGBT Community Connectedness Scale to Turkish. This scale was designed to measure the connectedness of LGBT individuals to the LGBT community. The present study also tested the scales psychometrics with a more wide-ranging sample of LGBTQ people by reaching out to a more inclusive group of participants queer, diverse sexual orientations, and gender identity experiences. The criterion and snowball sampling techniques were utilized to recruit four hundred and fifty participants. Confirmatory factor analyses confirmed the factor structure of the scale for this studys sample, displaying an 8-item and one-factor structure. The divergent and convergent validity of the LGBT Community Connectedness Scale was tested via the instruments associations with the Multidimensional Social Support Scale and Stress Subscale. The internal consistency coefficient of the scale was evaluated as Cronbach Alpha .90. Thus, the LGBT Community Connectedness Scale was found to be reliable and valid for administration to LGBTQ people living in Türkiye. The LGBT Community Connectedness Scale is a short, one-factor scale that is easily scored and applied. It is expected to improve research outcomes in Türkiye because it is the first measurement tool employed in the national literature to assess the community connectedness of LGBTQ people.

 İnsanın en temel ihtiyaçlarından biri olan ait olmak ve bir toplulukta yerinin olduğunu hissetmek, kişilerin iyi oluşları için koruyucu bir etmendir. LGBTQ kişiler genel topluma kıyasla ayrımcılık, damgalama, yakınsak proximal stres gibi bu gruba özgü stres faktörlerini daha fazla yaşadıkları için bu kişilerin LGBTQ topluluğuna bağlılığı, sosyal destek alabilmeleri açısından önemli görülmektedir. Öte taraftan Türkiye alanyazınında LGBTQ topluluğuna bağlılığı doğrudan konu edinen bir araştırma bulunmamaktadır. Bu sebeple bu çalışmada Frost ve Meyer 2012 tarafından geliştirilen ve LGBT kişilerin LGBT topluluğuna bağlılığını ölçmeyi amaçlayan LGBT Topluluğuna Bağlılık Ölçeği Türkçeye uyarlanmış ve psikometrik özellikleri ölçeğin orijinalinden daha kapsayıcı bir katılımcı gruba erişilerek kuir, çeşitli cinsel yönelim ve cinsiyet kimliği deneyimleri LGBTQ bireyler üzerinde sınanmıştır. Ölçüt ve kartopu örnekleme yolu ile ulaşılan 450 kişi çalışmanın katılımcılarını oluşturmuştur. Doğrulayıcı faktör analizi sonucunda ölçeğin yapı geçerliliğini sağladığı ve orijinalinde olduğu gibi sekiz maddeden oluşan tek faktörlü bir yapı gösterdiği bulunmuştur. Yaklaşan ve uzaklaşan geçerliği için LGBT Topluluğuna Bağlılık Ölçeğinin sırasıyla Çok Boyutlu Algılanan Sosyal Destek Ölçeği ÇBASDÖ ve Stres Ölçeği DASÖ-21-SÖ ile ilişkileri incelenmiştir. Buna göre LGBT Topluluğuna Bağlılık Ölçeği yaklaşan ve uzaklaşan geçerlik kanıtlarını sağlamaktadır. Ölçeğin iç tutarlık katsayısı ise Cronbach Alpha formülü ile hesaplanmış ve .90 bulunmuştur. Sonuç olarak, LGBT Topluluğuna Bağlılık Ölçeğinin psikometrik özellikleri, ölçeğin Türkiyede yaşayan LGBTQ yetişkinlerde kullanılmak için uygun olduğunu göstermiştir. LGBTQ topluluğuna bağlılık konusunda ulusal alanyazında yer alan ilk ölçme aracı olması sebebiyle alanyazına önemli bir katkı sunması beklenen LGBT Topluluğuna Bağlılık Ölçeği, madde sayısının az oluşu ve tek faktörlü bir yapı göstermesi sebebiyle kolay puanlanabilir ve uygulanabilir olarak değerlendirilebilir.

Makale detayları

Testing the Psychometric Properties of the Turkish Version of the LGBT Community Connectedness Scale

Yazarlar:

Yusuf Barburoğlu | S. Burcu Özgülük Üçok | Eda Çürükvelioğlu Köksal | Yuvamathi Gandhi | Pamela J. Lannutti

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyal ve Kişilik Psikolojisi (Diğer)

Dergi:

Psikoloji Çalışmaları Vol.44 Issue 1, pp.106-124

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

4/2024

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001318735

pISSN:

1304-4680

Community connectedness

LGBT Community Connectedness Scale

scale adaptation

LGBTQ+

minority stress modelTopluluğa bağlılık

LGBT Topluluğuna Bağlılık Ölçeği

ölçek uyarlama

LGBTQ+

azınlık stresi modeli

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Yusuf Barburoğlu | S. Burcu Özgülük Üçok | Eda Çürükvelioğlu Köksal | Yuvamathi Gandhi | Pamela J. Lannutti

Yayıncı: Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar: Sosyal ve Kişilik Psikolojisi (Diğer)

Dergi: Psikoloji Çalışmaları Vol.44 Issue 1, pp.106-124

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 4/2024

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001318735

pISSN: 1304-4680

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Yusuf Barburoğlu | S. Burcu Özgülük Üçok | Eda Çürükvelioğlu Köksal | Yuvamathi Gandhi | Pamela J. Lannutti

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyal ve Kişilik Psikolojisi (Diğer)

Dergi:

Psikoloji Çalışmaları Vol.44 Issue 1, pp.106-124

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

4/2024

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001318735

pISSN:

1304-4680