Adaptation of Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale to Turkish for Social Media Users: Reliability and Validity Study

Authors : Seher BALCI ÇELİK, Mustafa Selim ALTINIŞIK

Pages : 1-12

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Publication Date : 2021-03-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :When the literature is analysed, the gap in the researches related to STS for social media users is big. This study aims to adapt the Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(STSS-SM); for Social Media Users to Turkish, which will contribute to filling the gap in social media users. In the study, data of 708 participants aged 18-26 were analysed. Validity and reliability study of STSS-SM was carried out and its three-factor structure was examined. According to the findings in adaptation to Turkish, STSS-SM consists of a single-factor structure rather than a three-factor structure as in the original. EFA results indicate that scale items can be collected under this single-factor structure. In conclusion, based on validity and reliability studies, it can be said that the Turkish version of STSS-SM is applicable in scientific studies.
Keywords : Secondary Traumatic Stress, Social Media, Validity, Reliability, Scale Adaptation