RT Article
T1 The Reliability and Validity of the Religious Health Fatalism Scale in Turkish Language
JF Journal of religion and health
VO 59
IS 2
SP 1080
OP 1095
A1 Bobov, Gulruz
A1 Capik, Canturk
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1694157458
AB This study aimed to conduct the reliability and validity study of the Religious Health Fatalism Scale in Turkish language. The study carried out in methodological type and consisted of 500 individuals. The basic component analysis was applied to the 17-item scale, and it was decided that the Turkish version of the scale would have one sub-dimension. Factor loads were over 0.30 for all items, and the explained variance of the scale was found 42.70%. The Cronbach's α coefficient was determined to be 0.91. Consequently, it was determined that the Religious Health Fatalism Scale had one dimension in the Turkish language, and it was a highly valid and reliable tool. It was determined that the elderly, females, housewives, illiterate, people with no health insurance, married individuals, those with low income, and people with chronic diseases had higher health fatalism scores.
K1 Fatalism
K1 Health
K1 Nursing
K1 Religion
K1 Validity and reliability
DO 10.1007/s10943-018-0731-y