Validity and Reliability Study of Social Workers’ Perceptions of Personal and Professional Power Scale

This study aims to adapt “Social Workers’ Perceptions of Personal and Professional Power Scale” which was prepared for social workers to reflect themselves professionally and in terms of their personal power. For this general purpose, the study has two aims. The study was conducted in a scanning model. Three different analyses have been conducted for validity. These are: Kendall's Condordance Coefficient W, Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Pearson Correlation Coefficient. Five academicians were interviewed for the Kendaall's Condordance Coefficient W. A total of 401 social workers have been reached for CFA. For criterion validity, Resiliency Scale was used and a statistically significant, positive and linear relation was found between Resiliency Scale and Social Workers’ Perceptions of Personal and Professional Power Scale (n=104). For reliability, item statistics, test splitting, Cronbach Alpha Coefficient and test-retest methods were used. In the scope of the study, it was determined that the Social Workers’ Perceptions of Personal and Professional Power Scale whose validity and reliability was made by Frans (1993) was adapted. The scale was valid and highly reliable in terms of both language, structure, and in comparison with similar scales, and it did not change with time. It is suggested that the scale adapted in this study should be used in different samples such as social workers working in different organizational settings, such as non-governmental organizations, and in educational studies for social workers