Negative Attitudes toward Robots Scale: Validity and Reliability of Turkish Version

Rapidly developing technology has made great progress in robot design and production. One of the reflections of this vision is the social robots that can communicate. The study of the interaction between robots and people, which increase their visibility in everyday life and business life in many developed countries of the world, is very important in terms of acceptance and efficient production of this technology. To this end, Nomura and colleagues developed the Negative Attitudes towards Robots scale. In this study, it is desired to adapt this scale to Turkish. The data obtained from the students of five universities in Istanbul were investigated through internal consistency coefficient, confirmatory factor analysis, and discriminant validity. As a result of the study, it was observed that the 14 items in the scale were divided into 3 factors. According to the confirmatory factor analysis, the fit index values of the model have acceptable values. Cronbach’s alpha internal consistency reliability coefficients were reliable for three subscales, and there was discriminant validity. This study shows that Turkish version of Negative Attitudes toward Robots Scale is a reliable and valid measurement tool regardless of robot type. The creation of a Turkish version of this scale, which measures an important effect in the interaction of human robots, will also open up the work to be done in this area with Turkish samples