Development Of Attitude To University Students Family Communication Scale: Validity And Realibility Studies Of Scale

Abstract

This study aims to develop a measurement tool that evaluates the attitude of university students family communication and also to conduct the validity and reliability of this measurement tool. Study group comprised of 355 students, 144 (40.56%) of whom were females with a mean age of 20.58 and 211 were males (59.44%) with a mean age of 20.26. Exploratory Factor Analyses were used in order to test the validity of the scale developed for this study. In addition, internal consistency analysis were used in order to evaluate the reliability of the scale. As a result of the factor analysis study, the Attitude to University Students Family Communication Scale consisted of 28 items and 3 factors. Study findings revealed that this measurement tool can be used for Turkish university students as valid one. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.