Objective: The term agency has been defined as a sense of responsibility for one’s life course, the belief that one is in control of one’s decisions about life and is responsible for their outcomes and the confidence that one will be able to overcome obstacles that impede one’s progress along one’s chosen life course. The “Multi-Measure Agentic Personality Scale (MAPS)” was designed to measure agentic personality. The present study aimed to assess the applicability of the MAPS for Turkish youngsters.
Methods: Data from a total of 410 participants (male n=188, 45.8%; female n=222, 54.2%) were utilized for validity and reliability analyses. Of the participants, 196 (47.8%) were university students and the rest were not (n=214; 52.2%). The mean age of the participants was 22.5 (SD=1.9) ranging from 19 to 25.
Results: Exploratory factor analysis yielded four-factor model explaining 57.43% of the variance. Confirmatory factor analyses (?2/sd=3.11, GFI=0.94, RMSEA=0.05) and second-order factor analyses (?2/sd=3.87, GFI=0.99, RMSEA=0.03) indicated that a four factor solution met the criteria standards for adequacy of fit. The internal consistency and test-retest stability revealed a moderate to high reliabilities. After analyzing the data, 5 items were dropped from the original scale.
Discussion and Conclusion: The analyses demonstrated that the Turkish version of MAPS could be used in studies that evaluates agency.
Key words: Agency, agentic personality, validity, reliability
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