Elif KARAAHMET, Sibel KIRAN, LEVENT ATİK, Nuray ATASOY, ÖZGE SARAÇLI, HANDAN ANKARALI, NUMAN KONUK

İş yerinde yıldırmaya maruz kalımı ölçmek için kullanılan Olumsuz Davranışlar Anketi Türkçe formunun güvenilirliği

Amaç: İş yerinde olumsuz eylemlere maruz kalma, çalışma yaşamında işin psikososyal boyutu kapsamında sağlığa olumsuz etkileri vurgulanan temel konulardan biridir. İş yerinde yıldırma, iş yerindeki stres nedenleri arasında en yaygın ve diğer bütün iş yeri stresörlerinden daha yıkıcı ve zedeleyici olanı olarak tanımlanmaktadır. Bu çalışmada iş yerinde yıldırmaya maruz kalımın değerlendirmesinde kullanılan Olumsuz Davranışlar Anketi Türkçe Formunun (NAQ-TR) güvenilirliğinin saptanması amaçlandı. Yöntem: Transkültürel uyarlama ilkeleri dikkate alınarak NAQ Türkçeye çevrildi ve sonra geri çevirileri yapıldı. Geri çeviriler asıllarıyla karşılaştırılarak Türkçede anlaşılabilirlik ve uygulanabilirlik yönünden uzman grubu tarafından değerlendirildi ve anket formunun son hali üzerinde görüş birliğine varıldı. Ölçek, on bir farklı iş yerinden 456 işçiye uygulandı. NAQ-TRnin faktör yapısı ve iç tutarlılığı incelendi. Bulgular: Ölçeğin iç tutarlılığı yeterliydi ve Cronbach alfa değeri 0.91 olarak bulundu. NAQ-TRnin faktör analizi sonucunda özgün ölçekten farklı olarak dört alt bileşen (kişisel tehdit ve izolas- yon, mesleğe yönelik tehdit, destabilizasyon ve aşırı iş yükü) saptandı. Ölçek, çalışanlarda yıldırmaya maruz kalımı değerlendirmede kullanılabilir bulundu. Sonuç: Olumsuz Davranışlar Anketi Türkçe Formu, iş yerinde yıldırmanın saptanması ve izlenmesi için güvenilir bir ölçektir ve epidemiyolojik çalışmalarda kullanılabilir.

The reliability of the Turkish version of the Negative Act Questionnaire (NAQ-TR) for measuring to mobing at work

Objective: The exposure to negative acts at work is one of the main issues highlighted adverse health effects within the scope of work life's psychosocial dimension. Mobbing is defined as both the most common one among the causes of stress being at work, and also more devastating and damaging than the other stressors of the work. The aim of the present study was to examine the reliability of the Turkish version of the Negative Act Question- naire (NAQ-TR). Methods: The questionnaire was first translated into Turkish and then back translated into English and the equivalence of both versions was determined. An expert group analyzed the formulation of the translated items and they redrafted some of them according to agreedon criteria. Subsequently, it was adminis- tered to 456 workers from 11 different workplaces. The factor structure and internal consistency of the NAQ-TR was examined. Result: The instrument showed satisfactory internal consistency with an overall Cronbach α of 0.912. The factor analysis, as opposed to the original scale, yielded four factor solution (Personal bullying and isolation, Work-related bullying, destabilization and excessive workload). We found that NAQ-TR has high internal consistency. Conclusions: The Turkish version of NAQ was found to be reliable for mobbing in workplace. It can be used in epidemylogic trials.

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