The Validity and Reliability of the Turkish Version of the Motivational Persistence Scale

The aim of this research is to adapt the Motivational Persistence Scale (Constantin, Holman, and Hojbota, 2011) to Turkish and to examine its psychometric properties. The research was conducted on 539 university. The correlation between the original and Turkish version of the scale was .88. Exploratory factor analysis showed that KMO measure of sampling adequacy of .87, and Bartlett Sphericity test chi(2)= 611.798 (p<.001, df= 78). Confirmatory factor analyses demonstrated that 13 items yielded three factor as original form and that the three-dimensional model was well fit (chi(2)= 141.85, df= 60, RMSEA= .058, CFI=. 85, GFI=. 95, AGFI=. 92, SRMR=. 057). Factor loadings ranged from .30 to .61. Cronbach alpha coefficient was found as .69 for whole scale, .72 .70, .71 for subscales. The relationship between motivational persistence and hope was .34. Test-retest reliability coefficient was .66 for whole scale. Corrected item-total correlations ranged from .31 to .56. Overall results demonstrated that Motivational Persistence Scale could be named as a valid and reliable instrument.