Adaptation of Teacher Immunity Scale to Turkish: Validity and Reliability Study
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Doç. Dr. Mustafa POLAT Karabük Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Cahit Erdem Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Açık Erişim Özgün Makale (Diğer hakemli uluslarası dergilerde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı Sakarya University Journal of Education
Dergi ISSN 2146-7455
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler TR DİZİN
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 09-2023
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 13 / 2 / 163–190 DOI 10.19126/suje.1121744
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.19126/suje.1121744
UAK Araştırma Alanları
Eğitim Programları ve Öğretim Eğitim Programları ve Öğretim
Özet
The literature on teacher identity has yet to fully succeed to address the relationship between personal and contextual factors of teacher identity. Therefore, researchers are attempting to come up with constructs that better account for teacher identity. Accordingly, teacher immunity is a new concept that is a construct teachers develop either productively or maladaptively to protect themselves from the ever-increasing stress and challenges in instructional environments. This study aims to adapt the Language Teacher Immunity Questionnaire (Hiver, 2017) to Turkish culture. Research data were collected from a sample of teachers from various branches working in public and private schools (n=357). The scale adaptation process consists of 20 consecutive steps offered by the researchers based on a comprehensive literature review. When linguistic equivalency was ensured, confirmatory factor analysis was performed for construct validity, and internal consistency was tested through McDonald’s Omega coefficients. After some modifications, the fit indices were above acceptable levels. Also, convergent and divergent validity were examined. According to the results, the Teacher Immunity Scale (TIS) in a 6-point Likert-type format consisting of 32 items gathered under seven factors preserved the original factor structure. This study offers a valid and reliable Turkish adapted form of TIS that can be used with teachers from all branches. Teacher immunity is an emerging concept in teacher identity research, and this adapted instrument allows researchers to research the construct in Turkish.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Teacher immunity | teacher identity | resilience | coping | burnout.
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Adaptation of Teacher Immunity Scale to Turkish: Validity and Reliability Study

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