A Turkish Adaptation of Weighted Topics Measure of Family Sexual Communication Scale

The aim of this study is to adapt the “Weighted Topics Measure of Family Sexual Communication” scale into the Turkish and determine the psychometric properties in university sample. The scale which was first developed by Fisher (1987) measure sexual communication frequency on nine spesific sexual...

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Main Authors: Melisa EBEOĞLU, Eda KARACAN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sada Institute of Art and Language Studies 2017-06-01
Series:Nesne Psikoloji Dergisi
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Online Access:http://www.nesnedergisi.com/makale/pdf/1488225107.pdf
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description The aim of this study is to adapt the “Weighted Topics Measure of Family Sexual Communication” scale into the Turkish and determine the psychometric properties in university sample. The scale which was first developed by Fisher (1987) measure sexual communication frequency on nine spesific sexual issues between parents and their children. Besides the “Weighted Topics Measure of Family Sexual Communication” scale, “Sexual Communication and Sexual Approval Scale” and demographic information were also administered to 377 university students (263 women and 114 men), aged between 18-27. Factor analyses revealed one factor solution for both mothers and fathers and accounted for 54.5 % of the total variance for mothers and 48.5 % of the total variance for fathers. The convergent and criterion related validities of the scale were explored by relating the scale scores with another sexual communication scale. Furthermore, significant gender differences on the scale revealed another evidence for validity. Reliability analyses showed that the scale had high internal consistency (.88 with mothers and .86 with fathers). As a conclusion, results revealed that Turkish version of the scale had acceptable reliability and validity to justify its use as a tool to measure sexual communication with parents among Turkish university students.
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spelling doaj.art-2a47aba1f0244fadaefbb301cd8e98252023-02-15T16:09:02ZengSada Institute of Art and Language StudiesNesne Psikoloji Dergisi2147-64892147-64892017-06-015910.7816/nesne-05-09-02A Turkish Adaptation of Weighted Topics Measure of Family Sexual Communication ScaleMelisa EBEOĞLUEda KARACANThe aim of this study is to adapt the “Weighted Topics Measure of Family Sexual Communication” scale into the Turkish and determine the psychometric properties in university sample. The scale which was first developed by Fisher (1987) measure sexual communication frequency on nine spesific sexual issues between parents and their children. Besides the “Weighted Topics Measure of Family Sexual Communication” scale, “Sexual Communication and Sexual Approval Scale” and demographic information were also administered to 377 university students (263 women and 114 men), aged between 18-27. Factor analyses revealed one factor solution for both mothers and fathers and accounted for 54.5 % of the total variance for mothers and 48.5 % of the total variance for fathers. The convergent and criterion related validities of the scale were explored by relating the scale scores with another sexual communication scale. Furthermore, significant gender differences on the scale revealed another evidence for validity. Reliability analyses showed that the scale had high internal consistency (.88 with mothers and .86 with fathers). As a conclusion, results revealed that Turkish version of the scale had acceptable reliability and validity to justify its use as a tool to measure sexual communication with parents among Turkish university students.http://www.nesnedergisi.com/makale/pdf/1488225107.pdfsexual communication with parentsadaptation of scalevalidityand reliabilityuniversity students
spellingShingle Melisa EBEOĞLU
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A Turkish Adaptation of Weighted Topics Measure of Family Sexual Communication Scale
Nesne Psikoloji Dergisi
sexual communication with parents
adaptation of scale
validity
and reliability
university students
title A Turkish Adaptation of Weighted Topics Measure of Family Sexual Communication Scale
title_full A Turkish Adaptation of Weighted Topics Measure of Family Sexual Communication Scale
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title_full_unstemmed A Turkish Adaptation of Weighted Topics Measure of Family Sexual Communication Scale
title_short A Turkish Adaptation of Weighted Topics Measure of Family Sexual Communication Scale
title_sort turkish adaptation of weighted topics measure of family sexual communication scale
topic sexual communication with parents
adaptation of scale
validity
and reliability
university students
url http://www.nesnedergisi.com/makale/pdf/1488225107.pdf
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