Cultural Validation of the Turkish Version of the Infertility Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form (TISE-SF).
OBJECTIVE
To translate and test the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Infertility Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form (TISE-SF).


METHODS
The convenience sample consisted of 120 infertile women. A psychometric research design was used with content and construct validity and reliability.


RESULTS
Cronbach's alpha of .78 showed moderate reliability, whereas item-total correlations ranged from .30 to .54. Factor analysis extracted a single component, explaining 40.3% of the variance. Kendall W showed agreement with each expert regarding the appropriateness of the items, confirming the content validity of the translated TISE-SF.


CONCLUSIONS
The results supported the construct validity and reliability of the TISE-SF for measuring infertility self-efficacy in a population of Turkish women.


CONCLUSIONS
Evaluating infertile women's perception of self-efficacy with the TISE-SF may be useful in clinical studies in Turkey. TISE-SF can be used by professionals as a counseling tool to help guide women in managing their treatments at infertility centers.
Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey ilkayarslan@akdeniz.edu.tr.
İlkay
İ
Arslan-Özkan
Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey.
Hülya
H
Okumuş
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA.
Ayhan Aytekin
AA
Lash
Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
Mehmet Ziya
MZ
Firat
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D020377:Self Efficacy; D014175:Translating; D014421:Turkey
ISE–Short Form; TISE–Short Form; infertility; instrument reliability; instrument validity; psychometric testing; self-efficacy