Adaptation of Life Skills Scale for Sports into the Turkish Culture

Purpose: The aim of this study is to obtain a diagnostic tool that can be used to determine the contribution of sports to life skills by adapting the "Life Skills Scale for Sport" developed by Cronin and Allen (2017) into the Turkish culture. Design & Methodology: For this purpose, the scale items were translated into Turkish and then translated into English back. Subsequently, the consistency between back translation and the original version was evaluated. When it was found that there was not any semantic loss, the original scale consisting of 43 items and 8 sub-dimensions was applied to 482 athletes who perform regular exercise. Internal consistency coefficient (Cronbach's α) and Explanatory Factor Analysis (EFA) was performed to test the construct validity and reliability. Findings: As a result of the analyses, a difference was observed in the factor distributions of the adapted questionnaire items, compared to the original version of the questionnaire. The findings that were obtained from the EFA show that the adapted questionnaire consists of seven factors and 31 items has an acceptable factor structure. In the scope of the reliability study, internal consistency coefficient was calculated as .92. Pearson Moments Correlation Coefficient (r=.82) calculated for test-retest reliability study was found to be high and significant, too. Implications & Suggestions: As a result, the adapted questionnaire is a valid and reliable tool for the Turkish culture