Turkish adaptation of the Ideal Grandparent Scale

Aygen Çakmak; Seda Sakarya; Hande Şahin

doi:10.1111/ppc.12827

Turkish adaptation of the Ideal Grandparent Scale

Perspect Psychiatr Care. 2022 Apr;58(2):635-639. doi: 10.1111/ppc.12827. Epub 2021 May 5.

Authors

Aygen Çakmak¹, Seda Sakarya¹, Hande Şahin²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Child Development, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Turkey.
² Department of Social Work, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Turkey.

PMID: 33949688
DOI: 10.1111/ppc.12827

Abstract

Purpose: This study tests the validity and reliability of the Ideal Grandparent Scale (IGS; Mansson, 2015) on university students.

Design and methods: The Turkish version of the IGS was administered to 247 students at a university in Turkey to determine its validity and reliability. The students' mean age was 21.19 years (standard deviation = 1.69), with a range of 18-25 years.

Findings: The results showed a single factored construct with factor loads ranging from 0.748 to 0.917 and explaining 71.67% of the variance. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.96 indicated that the internal consistency of the scale items was high.

Practical implications: The Turkish version of the IGS is valid and reliable for use in potential studies to be conducted in Turkey.

Keywords: caring; emotional closeness; ideal grandparent; loyalty; social support.

MeSH terms

Adult
Grandparents*
Humans
Psychometrics
Reproducibility of Results
Students
Surveys and Questionnaires
Turkey
Young Adult