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Kocaeli Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi, vol.11, no.2, pp.53-57, 2025 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
Abstract
Objective: This study aims to develop the “Disaster Recovery Conviction Scale regarding Elderly Individuals” and to contribute to the literature by considering the vulnerabilities of elderly individuals as a result of their fragile nature.
Methods: The scale development consisted of forming a question pool, obtaining expert opinions, creating a trial form, and the stages of validity and reliability. While examining the validity of the scale, construct validity, convergent validity and internal validity were examined. The exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were performed to determine construct validity. To determine the internal validity, a 27% subgroup-group comparison was made.
Results: The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) value for the 12 items evaluated in developing the scale was found to be 0.763, and the Bartlett test result was found to be 261.827 (p<0.001). It was concluded that the fit values were at the desired level and that the structure of the scale was confirmed. It demonstrates strong internal validity, enabling precise differentiation between individuals with low scores and those with high scores on the scale. The “Disaster Recovery Conviction Scale regarding Elderly Individuals” which was developed, consists of a single dimension and eight items, from which 54.01 of the variances in the disaster recovery conviction can be explained. The Cronbach α reliability coefficient of the scale was calculated to be 0.87, which indicates high reliability.
Conclusion: As a result of the analyses, it is observed that the ‘Disaster Recovery Belief Scale for Elderly Individuals’ is at an acceptable level in terms of scope, content and structure.
Keywords: Conviction, disaster, disaster rescue, elderly individual, scale.