The development of a scale of self-efficacy to work on forgiveness in counseling

Authors : Meryem VURAL BATIK, Selda ÖRS ÖZDİL, Necla AFYONKALE TALAY

Pages : 232-256

Doi:10.21449/ijate.1263121

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Publication Date : 2023-06-26

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :It is said that working on forgiveness in psychological counseling will significantly benefit the individual, taking into account the good consequences of forgiving on the individual. This study aimed to develop a measurement tool for determining self-efficacy to work on forgiveness in counseling insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SSWOFIC);. The most commonly regarded forgiveness process model, Enright\`s Forgiveness Process Model, served as the foundation for the creation of this measurement tool. 285 counselors provided information for the Exploratory Factor Analysis insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(EFA); and 258 counselors provided information for the Confirmatory Factor Analysis insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(CFA);. For the content validity of the scale, eight specialists were contacted. EFA revealed a single factor structure with 41 items that accounted for 61.7% of the overall variation. It was found that all of the SSWOFIC\`s items were discriminative and had a high level of factor loading value in the pertinent factor. To ascertain if the structure identified by EFA was confirmed or not, CFA was carried out. The one-factor structure was confirmed, as evidenced by the resulting model\`s fit indices. The computed Cronbach\`s Alpha and McDonald\`s Omega reliability coefficients were 0.99, and the Split-Half method\`s results for the Guttman and Spearman-Brown coefficients were 0.96. The SSWOFIC results demonstrated the validity and reliability of the scale, which consists of a single component and 41 items. The established scale will make it possible to conduct studies to ascertain the level of self-efficacy of psychological counselors with regard to this matter and to examine this feature in terms of other variables.
Keywords : Forgiveness, Self efficacy, Counselor efficacy, Validity, Reliability